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Re:Implicit model of other people’s visual attention as an i... by aasasd on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:33PM (#18853166)
From that WP page: “Winer et al. (2002) have found evidence that as many as 50% of adults believe in emission theory,” sourced from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12094435?dopt=Abstract
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Re:Implicit model of other people’s visual attention as an i... by bflesch on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @06:24AM (#18854795)
The linked paper actually refutes this number based on the experiments described. It suggests the number is closer to 5% of adults who knowingly believe in some sort of emission theory, directly arguing against the Winer et al. finding.
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