Melting Lizards and Solid Gold Stop Signs: Preferential Recall of Both Counterintuitive and Bizarre Concepts

Research has shown that minimally counterintuitive concepts (MCI) are more memorable than concepts that are simply bizarre. However, this disparity may exist only in studies using cross-cultural samples. To test the impact of bizarreness on culturally homogeneous populations, we read a fictional nar...

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Authors: Easker, Makena J. (Author) ; Keniston, Allen H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 291-304
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Story / Intuitionistic logic / Memory / Das Bizarre
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B COUNTERINTUITIVE
B bizarre
B Memory
B Religion
B Culture
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