The quality of false memory over time: Is memory for misinformation “remembered” or “known”?

摘要: The conscious quality of eyewitness memory for misinformation after different retention intervals was investigated in two experiments. Participants viewed computer-projected slides depicting a crime (encoding phase), read narrative containing misinformation, and took recall test about the original event. Remember/know judgments were made each response. A “remember” judgment indicated that participant vividly recalled seeing detail encoding phase. “know” believed presented but did not remember it. Generally, more likely to be associated with know than short interval. This outcome suggests that, many cases, misleading information is judged as having subjective actual events. However, over relatively long interval, simply added new event often remembered.