Impact of AI misinformation on diagnostic accuracy and confidence calibration in novice medical students
For novice medical learners, do the benefits of correct AI explanations outweigh the risks of plausible misinformation? In a randomized trial with 111 students, we found they do not. Our results reveal a significant and problematic asymmetry: misleading AI explanations significantly degraded diagnostic accuracy, while correct explanations offered no significant improvement over a no-explanation control. Misleading explanations reduced diagnostic accuracy and showed no evidence of confidence cali
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Published: 17 March 2026
Source: OpenAlex
Category: Research
Topics: Misinformation · Healthcare · Children & education
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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