Publikationen von Michelle McDowell

Dries, C., McDowell, M., Schneider, C. R., & Rebitschek, F. G. (2025). The effect of uncertainty communication on public trust depends on belief-evidence consistency. PNAS Nexus, 4(3), Article pgaf071. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf071

Elkin, J. A., McDowell, M., Yau, B., Machiri, S. V., Shanthi, P., Briand, S., Muneene, D., Nguyen, T., & Purnat, T. D. (2023). The good talk! A serious game to boost people’s competence to have open conversations about COVID-19: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 12, Article e40753. https://doi.org/10.2196/40753

Ellermann, C., McDowell, M., Schirren, C. O., Lindemann, A.-K., Koch, S., Lohmann, M., & Jenny, M. A. (2022). Identifying content to improve risk assessment communications within the Risk Profile: Literature reviews and focus groups with expert and non-expert stakeholders. PLoS ONE, 17(4), Article e0266800. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266800

Schneider, M., McDowell, M., Guttorp, P., Steel, E. A., & Fleischhut, N. (2022). Effective uncertainty visualization for aftershock forecast maps. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22(4), 1499–1518. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1499-2022

Luan, S., Yang, Y., Huang, Y., & McDowell, M. (2021). Public knowledge of stroke and heart attack symptoms in China: A cross- sectional survey. BMJ Open, 11(1), Article e043220. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043220

McDowell, M., & Kause, A. (2021). Communicating uncertainties about the effects of medical interventions using different display formats. Risk Analysis, 41(12), 2220–2239. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13739

Brick, C., McDowell, M., & Freeman, A. L. J. (2020). Risk communication in tables versus text: A registered report randomized trial on ‘fact boxes’. Royal Society Open Science, 7(3), Article 190876. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190876

McDowell, M., & Pachur, T. (2020). Availability, affect, and decisions to seek information about cancer risks. Medical Decision Making, 40(8), 941–945. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X20951775

Loizeau, A. J., Theill, N., Cohen, S. M., Eicher, S., Mitchell, S. L., Meier, S., McDowell, M., Martin, M., & Riese, F. (2019). Fact Box decision support tools reduce decisional conflict about antibiotics for pneumonia and artificial hydration in advanced dementia: A randomized controlled trail. Age and Ageing, 48(1), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy149

McDowell, M. E., Gigerenzer, G., Wegwarth, O., & Rebitschek, F. G. (2019). Effect of tabular and icon fact box formats on comprehension of benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening: A randomized trial. Medical Decision Making, 39(1), 41–56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X18818166