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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > memory blindness effect

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memory blindness effect  

Definition

  • Phenomenon occurring when a person is unable to detect the differences between his or her original memories of an event and a modified version of those memories containing misleading information.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Cochran, K. J., Greenspan, R. L., Bogart, D. F., & Loftus, E. F. (2016). Memory blindness: Altered memory reports lead to distortion in eyewitness memory. Memory & Cognition, 44(5), 717–726. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-016-0594-y

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Stille, L., Norin, E., & Sikström, S. (2017). Self-delivered misinformation—Merging the choice blindness and misinformation effect paradigms. PLoS ONE, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173606

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Urban, E. J., Cochran, K. J., Acevedo, A. M., Cross, M. P., Pressman, S. D., & Loftus, E. F. (2019). Misremembering pain: A memory blindness approach to adding a better end. Memory & Cognition, 47(5), 954–967. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-019-00913-9

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

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