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The co-witness misinformation effect: memory blends or memory conformity?
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posted on 2023-06-08, 10:38 authored by Elin M Skagerberg, Daniel B WrightFor 30 years hundreds of researchers have shown participants videos and slide-sequences of events, presented the participants with misleading information, and found that this misinformation distorted their memories. The purpose of this study was to establish whether those misled participants are reporting a memory blend of the two sources of information or whether they are simply complying with the post-event information. A total of 92 participants were shown one of two versions of six different videos, which included some subtle differences. After having watched each video individually, participants were paired with someone who had seen the other version and they discussed the clips together. They then individually answered questions about the videos, and their responses showed that some of the distorted memories were blends of the original information and the post-event information. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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MemoryISSN
0965-8211Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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4Volume
16Page range
436-442Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2012-09-06Usage metrics
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