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ERIC Number: EJ133673
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1975
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Leading Questions and the Eyewitness Report
Loftus, Elizabeth F.
Cognitive Psychology, 7, 4, 560-72, Oct 75
Investigates how the wording of questions asked immediately after an event may influence responses to questions asked considerably later. Discussion of the findings develops the thesis that questions asked about an event shortly after it occurs may distort the witness' memory of that event. (RC)
Descriptors: Memory, Questioning Techniques, Recall (Psychology), Time Perspective
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