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Kemp, Paige L.; Alexander, Timothy R.; Wahlheim, Christopher N. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2022
Fake news can impair memory leading to societal controversies such as COVID-19 vaccine efficacy. The pernicious influence of fake news is clear when ineffective corrections leave memories outdated. A key theoretical issue is whether people should recall fake news while reading corrections with contradictory details. The familiarity backfire view…
Descriptors: Deception, News Reporting, Memory, Social Problems
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Loftus, Elizabeth F. – American Psychologist, 2011
The gathering of information for intelligence purposes often comes from interviewing a variety of individuals. Some, like suspects and captured prisoners, are individuals for whom the stakes are especially high and who might not be particularly cooperative. But information is also gathered from myriad individuals who have relevant facts to…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Economically Disadvantaged, Deception, Interviews