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Delay and déjà vu : timing and repetition increase the power of false evidence
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Wright, Deborah S., Wade, Kimberley A. and Watson, Derrick G. (2013) Delay and déjà vu : timing and repetition increase the power of false evidence. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review , Volume 20 (Number 4). pp. 812-818. doi:10.3758/s13423-013-0398-z
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0398-z
Abstract
False images and videos can induce people to believe in and remember events that never happened. Using a novel method, we examined whether the timing of false evidence would influence its effect (Experiment 1) and determined the relationship between timing and repetition (Experiment 2). Subjects completed a hazard perception driving test and were falsely accused of cheating. Some subjects were shown a fake video or photograph of the cheating either after a 9-min delay (Experiment 1) or more than once with or without a delay (Experiment 2). Subjects were more likely to falsely believe that they had cheated and to provide details about how the cheating happened when the false evidence was delayed or repeated—especially when repeated over time—relative to controls. The results show that even a strikingly short delay between an event and when false evidence is disclosed can distort people’s beliefs and that repeating false evidence over a brief delay fosters false beliefs more so than without a delay. These findings have theoretical implications for metacognitive models of autobiographical memory and practical implications for police interrogations.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Psychonomic Bulletin & Review | ||||
| Publisher: | Psychonomic Society | ||||
| ISSN: | 1069-9384 | ||||
| Official Date: | August 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 20 | ||||
| Number: | Number 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 812-818 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.3758/s13423-013-0398-z | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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