title: Correcting the past: failures to replicate ψ.
abstract: Across 7 experiments (N = 3,289), we replicate the procedure of Experiments 8 and 9 from Bem (2011), which had originally demonstrated retroactive facilitation of recall. We failed to replicate that finding. We further conduct a meta-analysis of all replication attempts of these experiments and find that the average effect size (d = 0.04) is no different from 0. We discuss some reasons for differences between the results in this article and those presented in Bem (2011).
authors.affiliation: Tepper School of Business.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galak
authors.affiliation: Department of Marketing, University of Florida.
authors.forename: Robyn A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: LeBoeuf
authors.affiliation: Department of Marketing, University of California, Berkeley.
authors.forename: Leif D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: Operations and Information Management Department, University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Simmons
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D059031:Anticipation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D010268:Parapsychology / Q000592:standards; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011578:Psycholinguistics / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult