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Eliciting cryptomnesia: Unconscious plagiarism in a puzzle task

Richard L. Marsh, Gordon H. Bower · 1993 · Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19(3), 673-688

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Summary

Experimental work showing that people can reuse others' earlier responses as if they were self-generated, a controlled demonstration of cryptomnesia-like source confusion.

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Strengthens the ordinary-memory explanation for many past-life regression reports, especially adult cases involving prior exposure.

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Authors
Richard L. Marsh, Gordon H. Bower
Year
1993
Publication
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19(3), 673-688
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primary
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Verified
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10.1037/0278-7393.19.3.673
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