Erased by Certainty: The Neurological Power of Being Absolutely Wrong

Conventional educational wisdom dictates that making mistakes is bad, and guessing randomly is a waste of time. However, modern cognitive psychology has uncovered a bizarre loophole in human memory known as the Hypercorrection Phenomenon. If you guess an answer on a test with low confidence and get it wrong, you will likely forget the correct answer shortly after it is revealed. But if you answe...