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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

The Effects of Mood on Eyewitness Memory

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Weiwei Zhang
    University of Otago
  • Julien Gross
    University of Otago
  • Harlene Hayne
    University of Otago

Abstract

We investigated the effect of mood during encoding on true and false memory of an event using the misinformation paradigm. False memory was greater for information pertaining to the negative scenes of the event. Mood during encoding, however, did not influence true or false memory of the event.

Memory