title: Recognition performance level and the magnitude of the misinformation effect in eyewitness memory.
abstract: The issue of whether misleading postevent information affects performance on the modified recognition test introduced by McCloskey and Zaragoza (1985) was examined in a meta-analysis. Results indicated that a misinformation effect can be obtained with the modified test. The meta-analysis also revealed that recognition hit rates are higher in studies that yield a misinformation effect than in studies in which the misinformation effect is not significant. The data from the meta-analysis were also used to assess whether the misinformation effect is related to the length of the retention interval. Results showed that a misinformation effect is more likely to be obtained with long retention intervals, although in the available data there is a confound between the length of the retention interval and the recognition level obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, SUNY Binghamton, 13902-6000, Binghamton, NY, dpayne@bingvmb.bitnet.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Toglia
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Anastasi