Females vs. Males: Who makes better vaccination decisions by Monty Hall paradox?

ABSTRACT: Vaccine avoidance often results from cognitive misperceptions, such as unfounded fears, leading to decisions that contradict evidence from organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO), which states that the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases far outweigh vaccine side effects. The Monty Hall paradox - a probability puzzle - demonstrates how individuals frequently fail to update their decisions when presented with new information, due to cognitive biases and misjudged probabilities. This analogy frames vaccine hesitancy as a failure to correctly interpret and act on updated risk information. This article uses the Monty Hall problem to explain vaccine resistance and examines whether decision-making processes regarding vaccination differ between men and women. A survey-based study

SUBMITTER: Arbel Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12688259 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature