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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > fabrication inflation

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fabrication inflation  

Definition

  • Memory error occurring when the subject believes in events that he/she has previously reported in lies.

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  • • Otgaar, H., & Baker, A. (2018). When lying changes memory for the truth. Memory, 26(1), 2–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2017.1340286

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Polage, D. C. (2012). Fabrication inflation increases as source monitoring ability decreases. Acta Psychologica, 139(2), 335-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.12.007

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Riesthuis, P., Otgaar, H., Mangiulli, I., & de Tauzia, R. (2020). Adopting a fictitious autobiography: Fabrication inflation or deflation? Memory, 28(6), 741–752. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2020.1771371

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-F183L26V-F

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