“…They show limited understanding of risks and benefits associated with a specific medical treatment (Weinfurt et al, 2003), have less insight into the benefits of cancer screening (Schwartz, Woloshin, Black, & Welch, 1997), have less access to treatment options, such as kidney transplantations (Abdel-Kader et al, 2010), show lower abilities in self-management of chronic disease (Cavanaugh et al, 2008), and are more strongly influenced by emotional framing (Peters et al, 2006;Reyna, Nelson, Han, & Dieckmann, 2009;Zamarian, Benke, Buchler, Wenter, & Delazer, 2010). Thus, previous studies suggest that low numerical abilities may significantly influence decision making in a real-world context.…”