Problems of Forensic Sciences 2010 Vol. 82 (LXXXII) 151-160
EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MISINFORMATION EFFECT AND COGNITIVE SCRIPTS
Agnieszka WOJTOWICZ
Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Streszczenie
In the present paper, the false memory paradigm is used to assess whether scripts can distort how people remember what they have seen. Several paradigms that show various manipulations which can be used to implant false memories are discussed. The paper ends with a discussion on the implications of results and some proposed future areas for investigation.
Słowa kluczowe
Eyewitness testimony; Cognitive scripts; Misinformation effect.