AME: Trusting Your Gut

<p data-path-to-node="1">Alan reflects on the fine line between clinical intuition and cognitive bias. Sparked by a failed trivia question about <em data-path-to-node="1" data-index-in-node= "174">SpongeBob SquarePants</em>, Alan dives into the psychology of decision-making, exploring <strong data-path-to-node="1" data-index-in-node="258">Daniel Kahneman's</strong> "fast vs. slow" thinking and the pitfalls of <strong data-path-to-node="1" data-index-in-node="321">confirmation bias</strong>.</p> <p data-path-to-node="2">Drawing on 30 years of dental practice, he discusses how "gut feelings" are often just highly trained pattern recognition for common ailments like decay and pulpitis. However, he issues a …