Misremembering the appearance of common objects: further cross-cultural confirmation.
The finding that people have surprisingly poor memory for the details of commonly used coins was replicated using a heretofore unstudied currency (the Irish Punt). The accuracy of 241 undergraduates in psychology in identifying a true coin from among a selection of similar fakes was low (41.9%), in line with findings from several other countries.
Hughes
Brian M
BM
Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway. brian.hughes@nuigalway.ie
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory