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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > error-pruning effect

Preferred term

error-pruning effect  

Definition

  • Phenomenon whereby the collaborative recall by people remembering together contains fewer errors than the combined (and non-redundant) recall by people remembering separately (nominal recall).

Broader concept

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Rossi-Arnaud, C., Spataro, P., Bhatia, D., & Cestari, V. (2019). Collaborative remembering reduces suggestibility: A study with the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale. Memory, 27(5), 603–611. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2018.1542004

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Rossi-Arnaud, C., Spataro, P., Santirocchi, A., Pesola, M. C., Costantini, L., & Cestari, V. (2024). Positive and negative effects of collaboration on suggestibility and false memory in online groups. Current Psychology, 43(6), 5703–5715. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04775-y

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

  • • Ross, M., Spencer, S. J., Blatz, C. W., & Restorick, E. (2008). Collaboration reduces the frequency of false memories in older and younger adults. Psychology and Aging, 23(1), 85–92. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.23.1.85

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Vredeveldt, A., Hildebrandt, A., & van Koppen, P. J. (2016). Acknowledge, repeat, rephrase, elaborate: Witnesses can help each other remember more. Memory, 24(5), 669–682. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2015.1042884

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-ZSZ6GL19-T

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