Certainty Principle: People Who Hold False Convictions Are Better at Retaining Corrected Information: Scientific American | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.scientificamerican.com - April 28, 2012 1:43 PM

Scientists reason that in hypercorrection, after people discover that ideas they felt very sure about were not in fact correct, the surprise and embarrassment they feel makes them pay special attention to alternative responses about which they felt less confident . People then go on to take the corrected information to heart, learning from their errors.


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