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Most people fail to recall things they see everyday: study

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Press Trust of India Washington

In a new study, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) asked 54 people who work in the same building if they knew the location of the fire extinguisher nearest to their office.

While many of the participants had worked in their offices for years and had passed the bright red extinguishers several times a day, only 13 out of the 54 - 24 per cent

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First Published: Nov 27 2012 | 4:05 PM IST

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