rhyme as reason effect

is the tendency to perceive rhyming statements as more truthful: 'If the gloves don't fit, then you must acquit'.

Rhyme as reason effect: Rhyming statements are perceived as more truthful. A famous example being used in the O.J Simpson trial with the defense's use of the phrase 'If the gloves don't fit, then you must acquit.'

is when a saying or aphorism is judged as more accurate or truthful when it is rewritten to rhyme.

The rhyme-as-reason effect (or Eaton-Rosen phenomenon) is a cognitive bias where upon a saying or aphorism is judged as more accurate or truthful when it is rewritten to rhyme. In experiments, subjects judged variations of sayings which did and did not rhyme, and tended to evaluate those that rhymed as more truthful (controlled for meaning). (wikipedia)

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rhyme as reason effect