title: Mindsets, informed consent, and research.
abstract: Study after study shows that subjects regularly overestimate the likelihood of gaining therapeutic benefit from a clinical trial. But more study is needed on why that mistake is common, and what it says about informed consent. Subjects may think about research differently at different phases in their participation.
authors.forename: Lynn A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Jansen
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003657:Decision Making; D006040:Goals; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D035842:Research Subjects / Q000523:psychology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D056345:Theory of Mind; D055990:Therapeutic Misconception; D035501:Uncertainty