This webinar looks inside Dr. Toby Groves' groundbreaking scientific study on internal auditors, challenging conventional wisdom on audit decision-making. Through real-world experiments conducted on auditors, you’ll see firsthand what the research reveals about the key factors that most impact audit quality.

Key topics covered:

• Cognitive Factors Influencing Auditor Judgment – How metacognition, mental heuristics, and biases impact audit decision-making.

• Skeptical Reasoning and Audit Quality – The role of professional skepticism and how to enhance its effectiveness.

• The Role of Prompts – How structured cognitive prompts can improve auditor reasoning and decision accuracy.

• Situational Awareness and Decision Contexts – How context, framing, and external factors influence audit judgments.