The bizarreness effect: it’s not surprising, it’s complex

McDaniel (1995) · Read the paper

Experiment 1 found that mixing, rather than the small number of bizarre items, produced the effect.

Experiment 1 found that mixing, rather than the small number of bizarre items, produced the effect.

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Memory, and Cognition, 21(2), 422-435. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.21.2.422. Abstract read: Experiment 1 found that mixing, rather than the small number of bizarre items, produced the effect.