Part 1: How do you spell fish? a. fish b. phish c. fisch d. phisch Part 2: Write a sentence spelling the word fish correctly. Example: I see that fish oer there a swimmn. Part 3: Now spell fish again without the aid of choices from Part 1. Facts about quiz: While almost 96 percent of participants select the correct spelling of fish in Part 1, only 93 percent then spell it correctly in Part 2. The number drops to 88 percent for Part 3. This speaks to a little understood phenomenon called memory redundancy, first mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita. Heres a comparison by select English speaking countries: Country Part 1/ Part 2/Part 3 Australia 96/92/87 Canada 97/94/89 Falkland Islands 99/98/96 Ireland 97/94/89 New Zealand 96/92/91 United Kingdom 96/94/89 United States 95/92/85 Heres a comparison by age: 0-25 82/77/64 25-50 99/98/97 50-75 98/96/94 75-100 96/93/88 100+ 75/50/25
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 13:47:21 +0000
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