Key Study: Leading questions and the misinformation effect - the car crash study (Loftus and Palmer, 1974)

 Memory is a reconstructive process, which means memories are actively and consciously rebuilt when we are trying to remember certain things. Elizabeth Loftus, her colleagues and others studying this cognitive phenomenon have shown that during the reconstruction phase our memories can be distorted if we are given false information about the event – this is called the misinformation effect. Background Information Read More

PDF) Searching for the neurobiology of the misinformation effect

Misinformation Effect in Psychology, Definition & Examples - Video & Lesson Transcript

Loftus and Palmer 1974

PDF) Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory

False Memories - Psychologist World

How to explain Loftus and Palmer (1974) PROPERLY!

Car Crash Experiment: The Fluidity of Human Memory

Eyewitness Testimony Violence and Recall Loftus & Burns: showed participants a filmed bank robbery. One version shots were fired but no one was hurt. - ppt download

Car Crash Experiment: The Fluidity of Human Memory

DOC) Research report on eyewitness memory

Loftus and Palmer (1974) Leading Questions and EWT