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'better when eyes shut' - ketchim - 01-16-2015                       Re: 'better when eyes shut' - ketchim - 01-16-2015 Closing your eyes when trying to recall events increases the chances of accuracy, researchers at the University of Surrey suggest. Re: 'better when eyes shut' - ketchim - 01-16-2015 Writing in the journal Legal and Criminological Psychology, scientists tested 178 participants in two separate experiments. In the first, they asked volunteers to watch a film showing an electrician entering a property, carrying out work and then stealing a number of items. Re: 'better when eyes shut' - ketchim - 01-16-2015 People who had some rapport with their interviewer and had their eyes shut throughout questioning answered three-quarters of the 17 questions correctly. But those who did not have a friendly introduction with the interviewer and had their eyes open answered 41% correctly. Re: 'better when eyes shut' - pattycake - 01-16-2015 [quote author=ketchim link=topic=95124.msg611442#msg611442 date=1421424872]                       [/quote] The way that guy is squeezing his eyes shut, he couldn't possibly be able to come up with the details better because his concentration is on squeezing his eyes.  ::LOL::