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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > explanation inflation

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explanation inflation  

Definition

  • Explaining hypothetical childhood events makes people more confident that these events really happened (Sharman et al., 2003).

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  • • Sharman, S. J., Manning, C. G., & Garry, M. (2005). Explain this: Explaining childhood events inflates confidence for those events. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19(1), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1041

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-FR9SFWQ1-1

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