Abducted by a UFO: Prevalence information affects young children’s false memories for an implausible event

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dc.contributor.authorOtgaar, H., Candel, I., Merckelbach, H., & Wade, K.A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-18T15:31:39Z
dc.date.available2017-07-18T15:31:39Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis study examined whether prevalence information promotes children’s false memories for an implausible event. Forty-four 7–8 and forty-seven 11–12 year old children heard a true narrative about their first school day and a false narrative about either an implausible event (abducted by a UFO) or a plausible event (almost choking on a candy). Moreover, half of the children in each condition received prevalence information in the form of a false newspaper article while listening to the narratives. Across two interviews, children were asked to report everything they remembered about the events. In both age groups, plausible and implausible events were equally likely to give rise to false memories. Prevalence information increased the number of false memories in 7–8 year olds, but not in 11–12 year olds at Interview 1. Our findings demonstrate that young children can easily develop false memories of a highly implausible event. Copyright # 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOtgaar, H., Candel, I., Merckelbach, H., & Wade, K.A. (2009). Abducted by a UFO: Prevalence information affects young children’s false memories for an implausible event. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(1), 115-125.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kimberley_Wade/publication/227618720_Abducted_by_a_UFO_Prevalence_Information_Affects_Young_Children's_False_Memories_for_an_Implausible_Event/links/09e4150fd88fa9bb5e000000.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3447
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherApplied Cognitive Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectimplausible eventsen_US
dc.subjectfalse memoriesen_US
dc.subjectfalse narrativeen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleAbducted by a UFO: Prevalence information affects young children’s false memories for an implausible eventen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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