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Certainty Principle: People Who Hold False Convictions Are Better at Retaining Corrected Information: Scientific American

Certainty Principle: People Who Hold False Convictions Are Better at Retaining Corrected Information: Scientific American | Science News | Scoop.it

Scientists reason that in hypercorrection, after people discover that ideas they felt very sure about were not in fact correct, the surprise and embarrassment they feel makes them pay special attention to alternative responses about which they felt less confident . People then go on to take the corrected information to heart, learning from their errors.


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When errors improve performance: Model describes how experiences influence our perception

When errors improve performance: Model describes how experiences influence our perception | Science News | Scoop.it
During estimation processes we unconsciously make use of recent experiences. Scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich and the Bernstein Center Munich asked test subjects to estimate distances in a virtual reality environment.

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