title: Cognitive underpinnings of diagnostic error.
abstract: Unfortunately, general limits in cognitive performance extend to diagnostic situations. The authors remain optimistic about reducing cognition-based error, but not as optimistic as Croskerry (see his accompanying article), since the reality is that predictable patterns of error will persist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-2500, USA. rrgordon@ic.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: Ruthanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Franklin
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans