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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Oct 17;32(1):1–7. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.10.011

Central Message.

Central Message

Improved understanding of the cognitive basis of preventable medical errors offers the opportunity to develop new strategies to prevent and mitigate human errors in cardiothoracic surgery.

Yerkes-Dodson Law correlating mental workload and performance.