Claim NAR-01
Claim NAR-01
Given a list of words linked to sleep, people often remember 'sleep' itself, though it was never shown, and recognise it almost as often as the words they did see.
- Its mark
- Known. Supported by robust, replicated evidence and accepted by the relevant scientific mainstream. Solid ground.
- Basis
- finding. A claim about how the world is, answerable to evidence.
- Where it appears in the book
- Chapter 19, The Mind That Arrives Late to Its Own Decisions
- How it was checked
- Checked against the source
Sources
- Roediger, H. L., & McDermott, K. B. (1995). Creating false memories: remembering words not presented in lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21(4), 803-814. DOI 10.1037/0278-7393.21.4.803
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