Lindsay & Johnson (1989)

The eyewitness suggestibility effect and memory for source

Memory & Cognition, 17(3), 349-358

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Lindsay, D. S., & Johnson, M. K. (1989). The eyewitness suggestibility effect and memory for source. Memory & Cognition, 17(3), 349-358. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03198473

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Source Monitoring Metacognition

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Source monitoring is distinct from remembering the content itself: in the eyewitness misinformation paradigm, people who could identify where a misleading suggestion came from still sometimes attributed it to the original event, and the suggestibility effect disappeared when the test directed attention to sources