Misleading Information

Misleading Information

1. Effects

   • Eyewitness Testimony
     • Saw videos of cars passing stop an give way signs
     • 75% of consistent questions were correct
     • 41% of misleading questions were incorrect
     • Accuracy dropped to 20% after a week
   • Memory is deleted and replaced with false memory
     • Original memory leaves a trace but is obscured by new information
   • People can ignore new information so original memory remains

2. Cognitive Interview

   • Recreate context
     • Weather, lighting, distinctive smells
   • Report every detail
     • Even meaningless details
   • Recall in different order
     • Reverse order
   • Change perspectives
     • Through eyes of other people
   • Geiselman et al (80s)