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cognition
What you wear changes how your brain functions.
Wearing a garment identified as a doctor's coat reduced the number of errors made on specific selective attention tasks by approximately 50% compared to a control group.
The study measured error rates, not a direct doubling of attention span or detail-oriented capability.
You are not just presenting an image; you are priming your own mind.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Adam & Galinsky, 2012
- What the check found
- The study found that participants wearing a doctor's coat made roughly half as many errors as the control group; describing this as 'doubling attention to detail' is an imprecise interpretation of statistical results.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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