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Why misinformation is more likely to be recognised over time: A source monitoring account 

Authors: Peter Frost a;  Melissa Ingraham b; Beth Wilson b
Affiliations:   a Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH, USA.
b Rivier College, Nashua, NH, USA.
DOI: 10.1080/09658210143000317
Publication Frequency: 8 issues per year
Published in: journal Memory, Volume 10, Issue 3 May 2002 , pages 179 - 185
Number of References: 16
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Abstract

Although memory for actual events tends to be forgotten over time, memory for misinformation tends to be retrieved at a stable rate over long delays or at a rate greater than that found immediately after encoding. To examine whether source monitoring errors contribute to this phenomenon, two experiments investigated subjects' memory for the source of misinformation at different retention intervals. Subjects viewed a slide presentation, read a narrative containing misinformation, and, either 10 minutes or 1 week later, completed a recognition test about details seen in the slides and about the source of these details. After the longer retention interval in both experiments, participants were more likely to agree that they had seen misleading information and were also more likely to incorrectly associate the misinformation with the slide event. Theoretical implications of these findings are considered.
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