Abstract
When people receive descriptions or doctored photos of events that never happened, they often come to remember those events. But if people receive both a description and a doctored photo, does the order in which they receive the information matter? We asked people to consider a description and a doctored photograph of a childhood hot air balloon ride, and we varied which medium they saw first. People who saw a description first reported more false images and memories than did people who saw a photo first, a result that fits with an anchoring account of false childhood memories.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 66-72 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Psychonomic Bulletin and Review |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2010 |