Narrowing the mindware gap in medicine.

Rationality Cognitive scientists have argued that the most important characteristic of decision making is rationality [[11], [18]], yet it is widely accepted that decision makers in all domains of human behavior consistently exhibit failures in rationality. Critical thinking The principles of critical thinking (CT), described by the Foundation for Critical Thinking [[35]], have been widely endorsed in multiple domains, including medicine [[36]]. Critical thinking (CT), diagnostic error, distributed cognition, lateral thinking, rationality, medical humanities, metacognition, mindware gap Keywords: critical thinking (CT); diagnostic error; distributed cognition; lateral thinking; medical humanities; metacognition; mindware gap; rationality EN critical thinking (CT) diagnostic error distributed cognition lateral thinking medical humanities metacognition mindware gap rationality 176 183 8 05/12/22 20220501 NES 220501 An unsettling logic has unfolded in healthcare over the last decade or so. [Extracted from the article]