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Blank, Hartmut; Nestler, Steffen; von Collani, Gernot; Fischer, Volkhard – Cognition, 2008
The answer is three: questioning a conceptual default assumption in hindsight bias research, we argue that the hindsight bias is not a unitary phenomenon but consists of three separable and partially independent subphenomena or components, namely, memory distortions, impressions of foreseeability and impressions of necessity. Following a detailed…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elections, Memory, Prediction
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Mou, Weimin; Xiao, Chengli; McNamara, Timothy P. – Cognition, 2008
Two experiments investigated participants' spatial memory of a briefly viewed layout. Participants saw an array of five objects on a table and, after a short delay, indicated whether the target object indicated by the experimenter had been moved. Experiment 1 showed that change detection was more accurate when non-target objects were stationary…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Memory, Spatial Ability, Visual Stimuli
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Arnold, Jennifer E.; Bennetto, Loisa; Diehl, Joshua J. – Cognition, 2009
We examine the referential choices (pronouns/zeros vs. names/descriptions) made during a narrative by high-functioning children and adolescents with autism and a well-matched typically developing control group. The process of choosing appropriate referring expressions has been proposed to depend on two areas of cognitive functioning: (a) judging…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Autism, Memory, Interpersonal Communication