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The present experiment was concerned with the effect of dissonance and the presence or absence of reward on perceptual distortion. Dissonance was aroused by persuading students to make inconsistent psychophysical judgments. The inconsistent judgments were rewarded in one group and not rewarded in another group. Comparisons with a control group suggested that the students in both the rewarded and nonrewarded groups reduced dissonance by distorting their perception of the psychophysical stimuli during postdissonance trials.
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Yelen, D.R. The effects of dissonance and reward on perceptual distortion. Psychon Sci 20, 319–321 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335668
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