Mediators and Moderators of Reinforced Self-Affirmation as a Method for Reducing the Memory Misinformation Effect [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The misinformation effect occurs when an eyewitness includes information in his or her account that is incongruent with the event he or she witnessed, and stems from being exposed to incorrect external sources.
Malwina Szpitalak, Romuald Polczyk
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Does presenting perpetrator and innocent suspect faces from different facial angles influence the susceptibility of eyewitness memory? An investigation into the misinformation effect and eyewitness misidentification [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionThis study investigated the effects of face angle congruency across stages of a misinformation paradigm on lineup discrimination accuracy.MethodsIn a between-subjects design, participants viewed a mock crime with the perpetrator’s face from ...
Kara Deering +3 more
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Self-delivered misinformation - Merging the choice blindness and misinformation effect paradigms. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Choice blindness is the failure to detect a discrepancy between a choice and its outcome. The misinformation effect occurs when the recollection of an event changes because new, misleading information about the event is received.
Lotta Stille +2 more
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When it affects me: the role of perceived media influence on self and others in supporting regulation of health misinformation [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyGuided by the Influence of Presumed Media Influence model, this study investigated how exposure to health misinformation shapes public support for regulating such misinformation on social media in the context of COVID-19.
Mihee Kim
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Psychosocial and Social Security Risks Linked to Vaccine Misinformation in Romania: Implications for Vaccination Acceptance and Public Policy [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThis study examines the influence of misinformation on vaccination decision-making and the perception of social security in Romania in the context of potential future pandemics.
Flavius Cristian Mărcău +9 more
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False memories and biased judgments for physical touch: the role of misinformation on eyewitness reports [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionMemory is a reconstructive process susceptible to external influences. The misinformation effect, extensively studied in eyewitness testimony, refers to the distortion of post-event information upon memory recall.
Fabiana Battista +5 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Considerable evidence has shown that repeating the same misinformation increases its influence (i.e., repetition effects). However, very little research has examined whether having multiple witnesses present misinformation relative to one witness (i.e ...
Rachel O’Donnell +3 more
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Misinformation effects in an online sample: results of an experimental study with a five day retention interval [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Traditional face-to-face laboratory studies have contributed greatly to our understanding of how misinformation effects develop. However, an area of emerging concern that has been relatively under-researched is the impact of misinformation following ...
Olivia Sievwright +4 more
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Susceptibility to long-term misinformation effect outside of the laboratory [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2013 Objective: To test the effect of misinformation outside of the laboratory and to explore correlates of the effect, including arousal, cognitive ability, and neuroticism.
Miriam J. J. Lommen +2 more
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False Memories in Native and Foreign Languages
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Human memory is prone to memory errors and distortion. Evidence from studies on cognitive functions in bilinguals indicates that they might be prone to different types of memory errors compared to monolinguals; however, the effect of language in false ...
Aleksandra Dolgoarshinnaia +1 more
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