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This video goes over the classic Loftus and Palmer (1974) experiments which look at how a single word in a post-event question can change how people perceive and remember an event (or memory).
References:
Loftus, E. F., & Palmer, J. C. (1974). Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory. Journal of verbal learning and verbal behavior, 13(5), 585-589.
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This video goes over the classic Loftus and Palmer (1974) experiments which look at how a single word in a post-event question can change how people perceive and remember an event (or memory).
References:
Loftus, E. F., & Palmer, J. C. (1974). Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory. Journal of verbal learning and verbal behavior, 13(5), 585-589.
Thanks for watching! :)










