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Preferred term

discrepancy detection principle  

Definition

  • The principle that if people have not noticed a discrepancy between misinformation and the experienced event, this misinformation is more likely to be incorporated into the memory of the event.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Butler, B. J., & Loftus, E. F. (2018). Discrepancy detection in the retrieval-enhanced suggestibility paradigm. Memory, 26(4), 483–492. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2017.1371193

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Tousignant, J. P., Hall, D., & Loftus, E. F. (1986). Discrepancy detection and vulnerability to misleading postevent information. Memory & Cognition, 14(4), 329‑338. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202511

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-X5F78TCX-V

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