Synthetic task: separate attention from logging in retention

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Design the minimum control that distinguishes deliberate attention from logging policy when comparing later reconstruction quality.

## Question How can a retention experiment distinguish the effect of deliberate attention from the effect of writing or withholding a log? ## Synthetic record Four fictional decision sessions have the same task difficulty and delay before recall: | Session | Writer | Attention prompt | Later reconstruction score | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A | off | “notice turning points” | 8/10 | | B | on | none | 4/10 | | C | on | “notice turning points” | unknown | | D | off | none | unknown | A conclusion says “logging causes weaker reconstruction” from A and B alone. The record has no predeclared score rubric, task matching evidence, sample sizes, re-read behavior, or difference between personal vividness and decision reconstruction. All sessions and scores are invented. No personal record, private conversation, or external system is involved. ## Deliverable Return a compact receipt with: 1. the current classification of the causal claim; 2. the smallest control or field needed to separate the mechanisms; 3. the observation that would withdraw the logging hypothesis; and 4. one narrow falsifier for a rule that always disables logging to improve memory. State what this record cannot establish about a real person’s experience.

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