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Comment
. 2014 Sep;9(5):579-84.
doi: 10.1177/1745691614547878.

Turning the Lens of Science on Itself: Verbal Overshadowing, Replication, and Metascience

Jonathan W Schooler  1
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Turning the Lens of Science on Itself: Verbal Overshadowing, Replication, and Metascience

Jonathan W Schooler. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2014 Sep.

Abstract

This issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science reports an unprecedented replication effort entailing numerous independent laboratories conducting two versions of the verbal overshadowing paradigm (Schooler & Engstler-Schooler, 1990) using different timing intervals. The results (Alogna et al., 2014, this issue) provide unequivocal support for the existence of verbal overshadowing--the finding that describing a previously seen face can impair its subsequent recognition--while simultaneously revealing a number of factors that may have contributed to challenges in replicating verbal overshadowing in the past. In this commentary, I review my participation in this process and consider the implications of the results of this replication effort for verbal overshadowing, the decline effect, and the general goal of metascience: turning the lens of science onto itself.

Keywords: decline effect; eyewitness memory; open science; replication; verbal overshadowing.

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  • Registered Replication Report: Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990).
    Alogna VK, Attaya MK, Aucoin P, Bahník Š, Birch S, Birt AR, Bornstein BH, Bouwmeester S, Brandimonte MA, Brown C, Buswell K, Carlson C, Carlson M, Chu S, Cislak A, Colarusso M, Colloff MF, Dellapaolera KS, Delvenne JF, Di Domenico A, Drummond A, Echterhoff G, Edlund JE, Eggleston CM, Fairfield B, Franco G, Gabbert F, Gamblin BW, Garry M, Gentry R, Gilbert EA, Greenberg DL, Halberstadt J, Hall L, Hancock PJB, Hirsch D, Holt G, Jackson JC, Jong J, Kehn A, Koch C, Kopietz R, Körner U, Kunar MA, Lai CK, Langton SRH, Leite FP, Mammarella N, Marsh JE, McConnaughy KA, McCoy S, McIntyre AH, Meissner CA, Michael RB, Mitchell AA, Mugayar-Baldocchi M, Musselman R, Ng C, Nichols AL, Nunez NL, Palmer MA, Pappagianopoulos JE, Petro MS, Poirier CR, Portch E, Rainsford M, Rancourt A, Romig C, Rubínová E, Sanson M, Satchell L, Sauer JD, Schweitzer K, Shaheed J, Skelton F, Sullivan GA, Susa KJ, Swanner JK, Thompson WB, Todaro R, Ulatowska J, Valentine T, Verkoeijen PPJL, Vranka M, Wade KA, Was CA, Weatherford D, Wiseman K, Zaksaite T, Zuj DV, Zwaan RA. Alogna VK, et al. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2014 Sep;9(5):556-78. doi: 10.1177/1745691614545653. Epub 2014 Sep 17. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2014. PMID: 26186758

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