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Sentences were presented so that, for some, subjects heard the last word in the sentence and for others, they covertly filled in the last word. In addition, these critical externally presented or subject-generated words occurred either once or twice in the acquisition sequence. Later, subjects could better identify the origin of critical words that had occurred twice than the origin of those that had occurred once. Misidentifications of perceptions as thoughts were generally rare and unaffected by repetition. Repeating a thought reduced the likelihood that subjects would attribute it to external sources.
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Johnson, M.K., Raye, C.L. & Durso, F.T. Reality monitoring: Second perceptions and thoughts. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 15, 402–404 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334571
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