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Narrative

Everything on this site about narrative — each one naming the study behind it.

You ignore the numbers when a story is better.
A 1973 study showed that people ignore objective probability when presented with a specific, compelling description.…
You remember stories better than raw information.
A 1969 study by Bower and Clark showed that readers remembered information significantly better when it was framed as …
You reshape your own memory to justify your past decisions.
Hindsight bias allows you to believe that past events were more predictable than they actually were at the time.…