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Misleading postevent information and working memory capacity: an individual differences approach to eyewitness memory
Author(s) -
Jaschinski Uta,
Wentura Dirk
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.783
Subject(s) - misinformation , psychology , eyewitness memory , working memory , recall , eyewitness testimony , cognitive psychology , narrative , memory errors , false memory , memory test , task (project management) , memory span , free recall , short term memory , test (biology) , developmental psychology , social psychology , cognition , computer science , computer security , linguistics , philosophy , management , neuroscience , economics , paleontology , biology
The present study examines how individual differences in working memory capacity relate to the effect of misleading postevent information on memory for the original event. Participants were shown a film of a crime event and were then asked to unscramble a narrative that included misinformation regarding some of the film's details. Additionally, the working memory capacity of the participants was measured using the operation‐word span task. Finally, in a free recall test, participants recalled fewer correct details in the misinformation condition compared to the control condition. This effect was negatively correlated with working memory capacity. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.