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James Treyens

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    …American researchers William Brewer and James Treyens studied the effects of schemata in human memory. In their study, 30 subjects were brought into the office of the principal investigator and were told to wait. After 35 seconds, the subjects were asked to leave the room and to list everything that…

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    …American researchers William Brewer and James Treyens studied the effects of schemata in human memory. In their study, 30 subjects were brought into the office of the principal investigator and were told to wait. After 35 seconds, the subjects were asked to leave the room and to list everything that…

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