Monday 7 February 2011

False Memories

These can be created in the laboratory.

Loftus and Pickrel (1995) asked young adults to recall four childhood experiences that were reported by a relative. One of these was false. 25% of participants recalled false events at two follow up interviews.

Ceci (1995) asked children to think about both real and fictitious events for 10 weeks. Approximately 60% of them confused the fictitious and real events by the end of the study.


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