Cognitive bias and public health policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. | PSNet

Cognitive bias and public health policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. | PSNet

Cognitive bias and public health policy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Halpern SD, Truog RD, Miller FG. JAMA. 2020

This commentary identifies a dichotomy in human response to COVID-19 and highlights the role of cognitive biases that may negatively influence the public health policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic.