APS

2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026

A Biased Recall of Events In Causal Illusions and Pseudoscientific Beliefs

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Thinking & Remembering: Attention, Memory & Control

  • Ainoa Barreiro
    University of Barcelona
  • Javier Rodríguez Ferreiro
    University of Barcelona
  • Itxaso Barberia
    University of Barcelona

Abstract

Previous studies suggest that adherence to pseudoscience is related to a bias in the processing of contingency information (i.e., a, b, c, and d trials). We examined whether individual differences in recalling these events could underlie pseudoscientific beliefs. Pseudoscience endorsement was associated with a recall bias of c trials.

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