Publications of Mirta Galesic

Gigerenzer, G., & Galesic, M. (2012). Why do single event probabilities confuse patients? Statements of frequency are better for communicating risk. BMJ, 344(7839), Article e245. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e245

Galesic, M., & Garcia-Retamero, R. (2011). Graph literacy: A cross-cultural comparison. Medical Decision Making, 31(3), 444–457. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X10373805

Garcia-Retamero, R., Galesic, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Enhancing understanding and recall of quantitative information about medical risks: A cross-cultural comparison between Germany and Spain. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 14(1), 218–226. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n1.19

Garcia-Retamero, R., Galesic, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2011). Cómo favorecer la comprensión y la comunicación de los riesgos sobre la salud [Improving comprehension and communication of risks about health]. Psicothema, 23(4), 599–605.

Lenzner, T., Kaczmirek, L., & Galesic, M. (2011). Seeing through the eyes of the respondent: An eye-tracking study on survey question comprehension. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 23(3), 361–373. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edq053

Galesic, M., & García-Retamero, R. (2010). Statistical numeracy for health: A cross-cultural comparison with probabilistic national samples. Archives of Internal Medicine, 170(5), 462–468. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.481

García-Retamero, R., & Galesic, M. (2010). How to reduce the effect of framing on messages about health. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(12), 1323–1329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1484-9

Garcia-Retamero, R., Galesic, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2010). Do icon arrays help reduce denominator neglect? Medical Decision Making, 30(6), 672–684. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X10369000

Galesic, M., Garcia-Retamero, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (2009). Using icon arrays to communicate medical risks: Overcoming low numeracy. Health Psychology, 28(2), 210–216. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014474

Galesic, M., Gigerenzer, G., & Straubinger, N. (2009). Natural frequencies help older adults and people with low numeracy to evaluate medical screening tests. Medical Decision Making, 29(3), 368–371. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X08329463