The Impact of Personality Factors and Preceding User Comments on the Processing of Research Findings on Deep Brain Stimulation: A Randomized Controlled Experiment in a Simulated Online Forum

BackgroundLaypeople frequently discuss medical research findings on Web-based platforms, but little is known about whether they grasp the tentativeness that is inherent in these findings. Potential influential factors involved in understanding medical tentativeness have hardl...

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Main Authors: Feinkohl, Insa, Flemming, Danny, Cress, Ulrike, Kimmerle, Joachim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2016-03-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2016/3/e59/