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Participants reported initial and final answers and confidence, and AI-assisted chat logs were coded for the final recommendation, its correctness, and behavioral reliance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Open ChatGPT support increased final confidence and was associated with 62.4% acceptance of incorrect AI advice. Reflection reduced incorrect-advice acceptance to 39.7% (OR = 0.40, 95% CI [0.28, 0.56],\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001), improved awareness calibration (0.59 vs. 0.41,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001), and reduced the attribution-bias index (0.21 vs. 0.42,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.002). Recommendation accuracy was comparable between the two AI-assisted groups.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Brief metacognitive reflection improved immediate discrimination between useful and misleading AI advice without producing blanket rejection of AI. 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