The animacy advantage in memory occurs under self-paced study conditions, but participants' metacognitive beliefs can deter it.

Front Psychol · 2023 · PMC10213881 · PMID 37251066

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That said, the main effect of animacy on study time approached significance after accounting for beliefs, F (1,96) = 3.146, MSE = 1.790, p = 0.079, η p 2 = 0.03, with average study time being slightly higher for inanimate than animate items. 3.2.3.

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