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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.

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