Anchoring effects in the development of false childhood memories
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Wade, KA, Garry, M, Nash, RA and Harper, DN (2010) Anchoring effects in the development of false childhood memories PSYCHON B REV, 17 (1). 66 - 72. ISSN 1069-9384
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/PBR.17.1.66
Abstract
When people receive descriptions or doctored photos of events that never happened, they often come to remember those events. But if people receive both a description and a doctored photo, does the order in which they receive the information matter? We asked people to consider a description and a doctored photograph of a childhood hot air balloon ride, and we varied which medium they saw first. People who saw a description first reported more false images and memories than did people who saw a photo first, a result that fits with an anchoring account of false childhood memories.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIES, PHOTOGRAPHS, EVENTS, PLAUSIBILITY, PICTURE, WORTH |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences > Psychology |
| ID Code: | 7040 |
| Deposited By: | Symplectic Elements |
| Deposited On: | 09 Sep 2011 11:52 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2013 15:21 |
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