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fan effect

the finding that as the number of relations between one concept and others increases, the time required to make a decision about one of those relations increases. For example, if John has one brother and Bill has six, it would take longer to verify that Joe is Bill’s brother than it would to verify that Ted is John’s brother.

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Navane

Navane

n. a trade name for thiothixene. See thioxanthene.