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“It seems odd to me that in a three-experiment report on the enactment effect there is not a single enactment effect demonstrated […].” |
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“When the authors failed to get the basic [enactment] effect, they should have gone fully after it […].” |
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“From my perspective it's critical to establish that the materials, as constructed, are sensitive enough to elicit any kind of enactment effect […].” |
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“[…] the authors should have placed their initial hypothesis on hold and have gone after the null enactment effect […].” |
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“If recognition test is more sensitive to pick up the differences, then I suggest they [i.e., the authors] exploit that test to a greater extent, rather than rely on the null effects in free recall […].” |
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“ I'm particularly sensitive to this issue because I, too, have been in the position of developing my own novel enactment stimuli, which, at first, weren't yielding a significant effect. I had to tinker with them until they did, and only then was it appropriate that I explore more specific questions with my materials.” |