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Questions, Questions (First of a Series)
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Attention Contagion in the “Real World”: Plato was Right!
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Retrieval Practice “In the Wild”: Lots of Good News
Last year at this time, I summarized an ENORMOUS meta-analysis about retrieval practice. The reassuring…