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Misinformation effect

The incorporation of misleading post-event information into the original memory trace, documented by Loftus and Palmer (1974) and subsequent studies. Distinguished from merely appending new information: the original trace is modified.

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Cross-race effectEstimator variablesPost-identification feedback effectR v. Turnbull warningReconstructive memorySystem variablesWeapon focus effect

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