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elite athlete

most often, an athlete who competes at a national, international, or professional level, although the term is sometimes used colloquially to refer to accomplished athletes in nonprofessional contexts.

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September 1st 2024

misinformation effect

misinformation effect

a phenomenon in which a person mistakenly recalls misleading information that an experimenter has provided, instead of accurately recalling the correct information that had been presented earlier. The misinformation effect is studied in the context of eyewitness memory.