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Table 1 Proportion of correct recall by phase depending on whether the given answer in Phase 1 was correct or incorrect and whether the feedback given to the response was true or false

From: Memory and truth: correcting errors with true feedback versus overwriting correct answers with errors

Phase

Phase 1 response

Feedback

Experiment

1

2

3

4

5

2

Incorrect

True

.58 (.19)

.67 (.15)

.65 (.15)

.53 (.15)

.56 (.24)

False

  

.62 (.16)

.54 (.17)

.43 (.19)

Correct

False

.68 (.20)

.58 (.21)

.70 (.30)

.71 (.21)

.56 (.24)

True

  

.99 (.03)

.96 (.21)

.95 (.15)

3

Incorrect

True

.48 (.20)

.66 (.16)

.56 (.14)

.42 (14)

.63 (.17)

False

  

.02 (.03)

.03 (.03)

.55 (.20)

Correct

False

.60 (.31)

.85 (.24)

.69 (.31)

.87 (.22)

.99 (.05)

True

  

.99 (.03)

.95 (.12)

.97 (.07)