Myopia and Anchoring

Myopia and Myopia Control: Options and Outlooks

Though myopia has been studied throughout history, the topic has gained significantly more attention over the past few decades. An internet search displays over 5 million results and over 15,000 articles written on the topic. Yet there is great debate as to the clinical efficacy of current methods in myopia control and our duty as physicians to incorporate a means of intervention into our treat...

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Myopia and personality: the genes in myopia (GEM) personality study.

PURPOSE A long-held view among the medical and broader community is that people who are short-sighted (myopic persons) have distinctive personality characteristics such as introversion and conscientiousness. However, existing research on this question is flawed, and its findings are inconsistent. The authors therefore aimed to determine whether myopia and personality are associated. METHODS T...

Housing type and myopia: the mediating role of parental myopia

BACKGROUND Myopia has become a significant global public health concern, and is highly prevalent worldwide especially in Asian countries. It is associated with genetic factors as well as socioeconomic status; however, the underlying cause for school myopia has not been established. This study evaluates the impact of living environment on school myopia in Chinese school-aged children. METHODS ...

Anchoring and Bias

For example, in one study subjects were asked to give the percent of African countries in the United Nations. In each case, a number between 0 and 100 was assigned as an initial value and the subject was asked if this was too high or two low, and what adjustment needed to be made. Despite the fact that each of the subjects knew that the initial value had been determined randomly (by spinning a ...