[DSRP Evidence](https://dsrpevidence.org/)

# Fish Tank treatments

## Details

**Reported in** The “Fish Tank” Experiments

**Authors** Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E

**Year** 2022

**Publisher** Systems (MDPI)

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.3390/systems10020029) 
10.3390/systems10020029

## In authors' words

### Who or what was studied (sample)

4 samples of 350

### How they did it (methods)

Four matched one-minute treatments, one per pattern, with free description before and after. Read-times: D 28.11s, S 35.19s, R 51.91s, P 50.40s.

Badges: shared dataset, dissociation

### What they found (results)

Concepts: D 1.05 (ns, p = 0.062) · S 0.87 · R 0.69 · P 0.85 (all p < 0.001). Words rose in all four.

## Commentary

### Response

Priming S, R or P produced fewer items with more said about each; D alone did not reduce the inventory. That is the theory's own division of labour appearing in a measure nobody set out to test. Reported as a puzzle in the paper. No control group.

## Questions it bears on

- Q1. [What is thinking (T)?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/what-thinking)
- Q8. [Do information (I) and organization (O) combine multiplicatively?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/multiplicative-form)
- Q11. [What are perception and attention?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/perception-attention)
- Q16. [What is learning (L)?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/learning)
- Q17. [What is transfer (T)?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/transfer)
- Q23. [Can people become more mentally fit?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/fitness-can-increase)
- Q24. [Does awareness of organization (O) increase mental fitness?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/o-awareness-works)
- Q27. [Does measuring mental fitness improve it?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/measuring-improves)
- Q28. [Does improving mental fitness improve outcomes?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/fitness-improves-outcomes)

**How to cite this** Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E (2022). Fish Tank treatments. Systems (MDPI).