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Failing the future: three unsuccessful attempts to replicate Bem's 'retroactive facilitation of recall' effect
Stuart J Ritchie1, Richard Wiseman, Christopher C French
1Psychology Department, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. stuartjritchie1@gmail.com
Abstract:
Nine recently reported parapsychological experiments appear to support the existence of precognition. We describe three pre-registered independent attempts to exactly replicate one of these experiments, 'retroactive facilitation of recall', which examines whether performance on a memory test can be influenced by a post-test exercise. All three replication attempts failed to produce significant effects (combined n = 150; combined p = .83, one-tailed) and thus do not support the existence of psychic ability.
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