Download This PaperMisinformation Effect in Older versus Younger Adults: A Meta-Analysis and Review
Chapter 2 IN: The Elderly Eyewitness in Court, UK: Psychology Press, 2014
30 Pages Posted: 25 Nov 2014
Date Written: November 24, 2014
Abstract
This chapter reports the results of a meta-analysis which revealed that older adults are more susceptible to memory distortion following misleading information compared with young adults. The older the older adults were, the larger the effect (compared with young adults). We recommended some interview techniques that could reduce memory distortion in older adults, such as the Cognitive Interview, source-monitoring questions, encouraging effortful thinking.
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Wylie, Lindsey E. and Patihis, Lawrence and McCuller, Leslie and Davis, Deborah and Brank, Eve and Loftus, Elizabeth F. and Bornstein, Brian, Misinformation Effect in Older versus Younger Adults: A Meta-Analysis and Review (November 24, 2014). Chapter 2 IN: The Elderly Eyewitness in Court, UK: Psychology Press, 2014, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2014-66, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2530209
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