title: New evidence on the suggestibility of memory: the role of retrieval-induced forgetting in misinformation effects.
abstract: Extending recent work that has demonstrated that the act of remembering can result in the inhibition of related items in memory, the present research examined whether retrieval-induced forgetting could provide a mechanism for explaining misinformation effects. Specifically, the authors found in their first study that the inhibition of critical items rendered the recollection of postevent information more likely in a subsequent test of memory. The authors established in their second study that when guided retrieval practice and final recall tests were separated by 24 hr, retrieval-induced forgetting failed to emerge and misinformation effects were absent. In contrast, a delay of 24 hr between initial encoding and guided retrieval practice produced not only retrieval-induced forgetting but also misinformation effects.
authors.affiliation: Social and Applied Cognition Lab, School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Malcolm D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: MacLeod
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D013404:Suggestion