A commonly given example is the "Moses illusion" (Erickson & Mattson, 1981): "How many animals of each sort did Moses put on the ark?" In an effort to answer the question correctly, subjects readily focus on the animals and miss the fact that an erroneous name was given, since it was actually Noah who carried out the animal kingdom rescue mission according to scriptures.
Because of an editing error, an article on Thursday about a vote to elect a leader of the Brooklyn Democratic Party gave an erroneous name in some copies for the political club led by one candidate, Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez.
(Go to Article) The Our Towns column on Wednesday, about a community literacy project in Haworth, N.J., centering on "Our Town," the play by Thornton Wilder, gave an erroneous name in some copies for the the editor of the fictional town newspaper in Grover's Corners, the setting for the play.
Correction: March 4 , 2001 Sunday A review on Feb. 11 about "Looking Good: Male Body Image in Modern America," by Lynne Luciano, included an erroneous name from the book jacket for the university where the author is a professor.
Correction: October 30, 2000, Monday An article on Oct. 20 about Connecticut regulators' approval of the proposed acquisition of Northeast Utilities by Consolidated Edison included an erroneous name, supplied by the regulators, for the company that would result.
Correction: August 14 , 2002 Wednesday A sports article on Sunday about the Harlem Little League baseball team gave an erroneous name in some copies for the hometown of its tournament opponent.
An article on Wednesday about conservatives' criticism of networks' coverage of the war in Afghanistan gave an erroneous name in some copies for an organization that hires monitors to watch newscasts.
Correction: November 9, 2001, Friday An article on Wednesday about conservatives' criticism of networks' coverage of the war in Afghanistan gave an erroneous name in some copies for an organization that hires monitors to watch newscasts.
Correction: December 28, 2000, Thursday An article in Business Day last Thursday about Thomas Frank, the author of "One Market, Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism and the End of Economic Democracy," gave an erroneous name in some copies for a debate feature in which he took part in the online magazine Slate.
