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Odette Wegwarth

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Adaptive Behavior and Cognition

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wegwarth [at] mpib-berlin [dot] mpg [dot] de
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Dipl.-Psych., 2003, Universität Potsdam
Dr. rer. nat. in Psychology, 2007, Humboldt Universität

Research Interests: 
  • Medical decision making
  • Risk communication in medicine
  • Patients' and doctors' understanding of risk
  • Influence of transparent medical statistics on patients' and doctors' decision

Selected Literature: 
  • Gigerenzer, G. & Wegwarth, O. (2013). Five year survival rates can mislead. British Medical Journal, 2013;346:f548.
  • Wegwarth, O., Schwartz, L. M., Woloshin, S., Gaissmaier, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2012). Do physicians understand cancer screening statistics? A national survey of primary care physicians in the United States. Annals of Internal Medicine, 156, 340-349, W-92-W-94.
  • Wegwarth, O., Day, R. W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Decisions on pharmacogenomic tests in the USA and Germany. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 17, 228-235. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01426.x
  • Wegwarth, O., Gaissmaier, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Deceiving numbers: Survival rates and their impact on doctors' risk communication. Medical Decision Making, 31, 386-394. doi:10.1177/0272989X10391469
  • Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). "There is nothing to worry about": Gynecologists' counseling on mammography. Patient Education and Counseling, 84, 251-256. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.025
  • Gigerenzer, G., Wegwarth, O., & Feufel, M. (2010). Misleading communication of risk. British Medical Journal, 341, 791-92.
  • Wegwarth, O., Gaissmaier, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2009). Smart strategies for doctors and doctors in training: Heuristics in Medicine. Medical Education, 43(8), 721-28.
  • Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2008). A preference does not equate with understanding [Invited commentary on "Patients prefer pictures to numbers to express cardiovascular benefit from treatment" by F. Goodyear-Smith et al., Annals of Family Medicine, 6, 213-217]. Annals of Family Medicine.

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Journal Publications

Gigerenzer, G., & Wegwarth, O. (2013). Five year survival rates can mislead. BMJ, 346:f548. doi:10.1136/bmj.f548
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Wegwarth, O. (2013). Krebsfrüherkennung und Risikokommunikation. Therapeutische Umschau, 70, 245-250. doi:10.1024/0040-5930/a000396
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Durand, M.-A., Wegwarth, O., Boivin, J., & Elwyn, G. (2012). Design and usability of heuristic-based deliberation tools for women facing amniocentesis. Health Expectations, 15, 32-48. doi:10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00651.x
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Gaissmaier, W., Wegwarth, O., Skopec, D., Müller, A.-S., Broschinski, S., & Politi, M. C. (2012). Numbers can be worth a thousand pictures: Individual differences in understanding graphical and numerical representations of health-related information. Health Psychology, 31, 286-296. doi:10.1037/a0024850
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Wegwarth, O. (2012). Wie steht es um Ihr Statistik-Know-how? Fünfjahres-Überlebensrate. UroForum, (4), 30-31.

Wegwarth, O., Schwartz, L. M., Woloshin, S., Gaissmaier, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2012). Do physicians understand cancer screening statistics? A national survey of primary care physicians in the United States. Annals of Internal Medicine, 156, 340-349, W-92-W-94.

Neuner-Jehle, S., Senn, O., Wegwarth, O., Rosemann, T., & Steurer, J. (2011). How do family physicians communicate about cardiovascular risk? Frequencies and determinants of different communication formats. BMC Family Practice, 12:15. doi:10.1186/1471-2296-12-15
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Wegwarth, O., Day, R. W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Decisions on pharmacogenomic tests in the USA and Germany. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 17, 228-235. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01426.x
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Wegwarth, O., Gaissmaier, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Deceiving numbers: Survival rates and their impact on doctors' risk communication. Medical Decision Making, 31, 386-394. doi:10.1177/0272989X10391469
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Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Nutzen und Risiken richtig verstehen. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 108, A568-A570.
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Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Risiken und Unsicherheiten richtig verstehen lernen. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 108, A448-A451.
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Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Sterblichkeitsstatistik als valides Maß. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 108, A760-A762.
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Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). "There is nothing to worry about": Gynecologists' counseling on mammography. Patient Education and Counseling, 84, 251-256. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.025
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Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Unnötige Ängste vermeiden. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 108, A943-A944.
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Gigerenzer, G., Wegwarth, O., & Feufel, M. (2010). Misleading communication of risk. BMJ, 341:c4830, 791-792. doi:10.1136/bmj.c4830
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Keller, N., Cokely, E. T., Katsikopoulos, K., & Wegwarth, O. (2010). Naturalistic heuristics for decision making. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 4, 256-274. doi:10.1518/155534310X12844000801168
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Wegwarth, O. (2009). Entscheidende Beeinflussung: Das Setzen von Defaults durch Institutionen kann auch im Gesundheitswesen richtungsweisend sein. Care Management, 2, 10-11.

Wegwarth, O., Gaissmaier, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2009). Smart strategies for doctors and doctors-in-training: Heuristics in medicine. Medical Education, 43, 721-728. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03359.x
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Gigerenzer, G., & Wegwarth, O. (2008). Risikoabschätzung in der Medizin am Beispiel der Krebsfrüherkennung [Medical risk assessment - Using the example of cancer screening]. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen, 102, 513-519.
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Neuner-Jehle, S., Wegwarth, O., & Steurer, J. (2008). Sagt ein Bild mehr als tausend Worte? Risikokommunikation in der ärztlichen Praxis. Vor- und Nachteile der unterschiedlichen Methoden [Is one picture worth a thousand words? Risk communication in primary care. Advantages and shortcomings of different methods]. Praxis, 97, 669-676. doi:10.1024/1661-8157.97.12.669

Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2008). A preference does not equate with understanding [Commentary on "Patients prefer pictures to numbers to express cardiovascular benefit from treatment" by F. Goodyear-Smith et al., Annals of Family Medicine, 6, 213-217]. Annals of Family Medicine.
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Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Vom Risiko, Risiken zu kommunizieren [About the risk to communicate risk]. Therapeutische Umschau, 64, 687-692.

Edited Books and Monographs

Wegwarth, O. (2007). Deciding the fast & frugal way on the application of pharmacodiagnostic tests in cancer care? A comparative study of oncologists', pathologists', and cancer patients' decision making in Germany and the USA. Doctoral dissertation, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
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Contributions to Handbooks, Encyclopedias, and Edited Books

Miron-Shatz, T., Mühlhauser, I., Bower, B., Diefenbach, M., Goldacre, B., Smith, R. S. W., Spiegelhalter, D., & Wegwarth, O. (2013). Warum medizinische Information oft nicht genutzt wird und was man dagegen tun kann. In G. Gigerenzer & J. A. Muir Gray (Eds.), Bessere Ärzte, bessere Patienten, bessere Medizin: Aufbruch in ein transparentes Gesundheitswesen (Strüngmann Forum Reports) (pp. 193-213). Berlin: Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.

Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2013). Mangelnde Statistikkompetenz bei Ärzten. In G. Gigerenzer & J. A. Muir Gray (Eds.), Bessere Ärzte, bessere Patienten, bessere Medizin: Aufbruch in ein transparentes Gesundheitswesen (Strüngmann Forum Reports) (pp. 137-151). Berlin: Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.

Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2013). Trust-your-doctor: A simple heuristic in need of a proper social environment. In R. Hertwig, U. Hoffrage, & the ABC Research Group, Simple heuristics in a social world (pp. 67-102). New York: Oxford University Press.

Miron-Shatz, T., Mühlhauser, I., Bower, B., Diefenbach, M., Goldacre, B., Smith, R. S. W., Spiegelhalter, D., & Wegwarth, O. (2011). Barriers to health information and building solutions. In G. Gigerenzer & J. A. Muir Gray (Eds.), Better doctors, better patients, better decisions: Envisioning health care 2020 (pp. 191-212). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Statistical illiteracy in doctors. In G. Gigerenzer & J. A. Muir Gray (Eds.), Better doctors, better patients, better decisions: Envisioning health care 2020 (pp. 137-151). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2009). "Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen...:" - Wie informiert sind Ärzte und Patienten? ["On risks and side effects...:" How informed are doctors and patients?]. In N. Klusen, A. Fließgarten, & T. Nebling (Eds.), Informiert und selbstbestimmt: Der mündige Bürger als mündiger Patient (pp. 123-138). Baden Baden: Nomos-Verlagsgesellschaft.
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Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2008). Die Bewertung von Risiken in der Medizin [Assessing risks in medicine]. In S. Meier, M. Stellpflug, & A. Tadayon (Eds.), Handbuch Medizinrecht [CD-ROM]. Heidelberg: Hüthig Jehle Rehm.