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positive-reminder-bias · gilbert-et-al-2023-intention-offloading
- Claim ID
- positive-reminder-bias
- Assertion
- When given an optimal-reminders paradigm in which costs and benefits of internal memory versus external reminders are calibrated, participants systematically set reminders more often than would be optimal, a bias attributed in part to a preference for avoiding cognitive effort.
- Quote
Studies using this paradigm have consistently found evidence for a systematic bias: Individuals tend to set reminders on a greater number of trials (and, equivalently, use internal memory on a smaller number of trials) than would be optimal
- Quote language
- en
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