Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction: An Example of the Interaction between Language and Memory.

Loftus, Elizabeth F.; Palmer, John C.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction: An Example of the Interaction between Language and Memory

Loftus, Elizabeth F.; Palmer, John C.

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 13, 5, 585-589, Oct 74

Two experiments are reported in which subjects viewed films of automobile accidents and then answered questions about events occurring in the films. Wording of questions regarding speed influenced subjects' estimates of speed. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Language Usage, Memory, Psycholinguistics, Recall (Psychology), Semantics

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