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Common measures of a key cognitive process fail to agree with one another

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A large study examined several widely used methods for measuring a central cognitive process and found that they often do not yield consistent results. The researchers reported that most of the measures disagreed with each other rather than converging on a shared picture. Despite yielding largely negative findings, the study was still published, which the source highlights as notable. The results suggest that conclusions drawn from any single measurement approach in this area may be less reliable than assumed.

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