| When a lie becomes the truth: the effects of self-generated misinformation on eyewitness memory. | |
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PMID: 15098618 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This research investigated whether generating misinformation impairs memory for actual information. After watching a videotaped robbery, some witnesses were interviewed about it, but others did not rehearse the event details. One week later, the witnesses tried to remember the robber's appearance. In Experiment 1, those who fabricated a description of the robber during the interview and those who did not rehearse remembered fewer correct details than did truthful witnesses or those who fabricated about another person. Witnesses who fabricated about the robber also reported more incorrect details than did truthful or non-interviewed witnesses. In Experiment 2, witnesses who fabricated about the robber performed as poorly on the memory test as did witnesses who answered interview questions using false information prepared for them. In both experiments deceptive witnesses sometimes reported invented details on the memory test, suggesting that they may have come to believe some fabrications. |
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Authors:
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Kerri L Pickel |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Memory (Hove, England) Volume: 12 ISSN: 0965-8211 ISO Abbreviation: Memory Publication Date: 2004 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-04-21 Completed Date: 2004-06-15 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9306862 Medline TA: Memory Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 14-26 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychological Science, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. kpickel@bsu.edu |
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Adolescent Adult Communication* Crime / psychology* Deception* Female Forensic Medicine Humans Male Memory* Mental Recall Repression Retention (Psychology) Videotape Recording Visual Perception |
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