This 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 …

This study examined how an erroneous rumor circulated among preschoolers can influence
their memory. One fourth of the children overheard a rumor from an adult conversation in …

In this paper we ask how the plausibility of an event affects the likelihood that children will
develop a false memory for it. Over three interviews 6-year-olds and 10-year-olds were …

We examined whether script knowledge contributes to the development of children's false
memories. Sixty 7-year-old and 60 11-year-old children listened to false narratives …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that exposure to misinformation about a witnessed
event can lead to false memories in both children and adults. The present study extends this …

The present study examined the role of valence in the development of children's implanted
false memories. Seventy-six 7-year-old children listened to two true and one false narrative …

Previous research has shown that overhearing an errant rumor—either from an adult or from
peers—about an earlier experience can lead children to make detailed false reports. This …

When people receive descriptions or doctored photos of events that never happened, they
often come to remember those events. But if people receive both a description and a …

This experiment tested and supported the hypothesis that events will be suggestively
planted in children's memory to the degree that the suggested event is plausible and script …

In recent years, we have been interested in the conditions under which false memories are
likely to be planted in adults and children and the conditions under which adults and …