Evidence: failed to replicate

• Ego depletiontype: effect · evidence: failed to replicate

  The idea that willpower is a limited resource, used up by every act of self-control, was one of the most cited in psychology.

• Learning stylestype: effect · evidence: failed to replicate

  The idea of learning styles says that each person is "visual", "auditory" or another type and learns better when teaching matches their style.

• Power posingtype: effect · evidence: failed to replicate

  The idea that two minutes in a wide, "superhero" posture changes your hormones and makes you bolder didn't survive replication.

• Stanford prison experimenttype: effect · evidence: failed to replicate

  In 1971, Philip Zimbardo split students into guards and prisoners in a makeshift prison, and the experiment was stopped after six days because of the abuse.

• Stereotype threattype: effect · evidence: failed to replicate

  The idea: remind someone of a negative stereotype about their group, for example that women are worse at maths, and their test scores drop.

• Zeigarnik effecttype: effect · evidence: failed to replicate

  The idea that you remember interrupted tasks better than finished ones has not held up.