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Surprising feedback improves later memory.

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Fazio, LK; Marsh, EJ
Published in: Psychonomic bulletin & review
February 2009

The hypercorrection effect is the finding that high-confidence errors are more likely to be corrected after feedback than are low-confidence errors (Butterfield & Metcalfe, 2001). In two experiments, we explored the idea that the hypercorrection effect results from increased attention to surprising feedback. In Experiment 1, participants were more likely to remember the appearance of the presented feedback when the feedback did not match expectations. In Experiment 2, we replicated this effect using more distinctive sources and also demonstrated the hypercorrection effect in this modified paradigm. Overall, participants better remembered both the surface features and the content of surprising feedback.

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Psychonomic bulletin & review

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EISSN

1531-5320

ISSN

1069-9384

Publication Date

February 2009

Volume

16

Issue

1

Start / End Page

88 / 92

Related Subject Headings

  • Voice Quality
  • Speech Perception
  • Set, Psychology
  • Retention, Psychology
  • Recognition, Psychology
  • Reading
  • Mental Recall
  • Humans
  • Feedback, Psychological
  • Experimental Psychology
 

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Fazio, L. K., & Marsh, E. J. (2009). Surprising feedback improves later memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16(1), 88–92. https://doi.org/10.3758/pbr.16.1.88
Fazio, Lisa K., and Elizabeth J. Marsh. “Surprising feedback improves later memory.Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 16, no. 1 (February 2009): 88–92. https://doi.org/10.3758/pbr.16.1.88.
Fazio LK, Marsh EJ. Surprising feedback improves later memory. Psychonomic bulletin & review. 2009 Feb;16(1):88–92.
Fazio, Lisa K., and Elizabeth J. Marsh. “Surprising feedback improves later memory.Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Feb. 2009, pp. 88–92. Epmc, doi:10.3758/pbr.16.1.88.
Fazio LK, Marsh EJ. Surprising feedback improves later memory. Psychonomic bulletin & review. 2009 Feb;16(1):88–92.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psychonomic bulletin & review

DOI

EISSN

1531-5320

ISSN

1069-9384

Publication Date

February 2009

Volume

16

Issue

1

Start / End Page

88 / 92

Related Subject Headings

  • Voice Quality
  • Speech Perception
  • Set, Psychology
  • Retention, Psychology
  • Recognition, Psychology
  • Reading
  • Mental Recall
  • Humans
  • Feedback, Psychological
  • Experimental Psychology