Niki Patel

Abstract:

The current experiments examined the memory influence of false information provided by a non-credible source. Experiment 1 demonstrated that false information is pervasive, and readers were disrupted by information that came from a non-credible source. In Experiment 2, by linking negative emotion with a non-credible source’s lie, the false information had less of an influence on memory, specifically moment-to-moment processing when reading.