Journal of Surgical Education
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 129-131 , May 2009

Arbitrary Coherence in Theoretical Decision Making About Surgical Training: The Effect of Irrelevant Subliminal Anchoring

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PII: S1931-7204(09)00030-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2009.03.004

Journal of Surgical Education
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 129-131 , May 2009

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