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False Memories for Fake News During Ireland's Abortion Referendum

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Murphy, Gillian 
Loftus, Elizabeth F 
Grady, Rebecca Hofstein 
Levine, Linda J 
Greene, Ciara M. 
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/11090
Date Issued
21 August 2019
Date Available
26T14:17:11Z September 2019
Abstract
The current study examined false memories in the week preceding the 2018 Irish abortion referendum. Participants (N = 3,140) viewed six news stories concerning campaign events-two fabricated and four authentic. Almost half of the sample reported a false memory for at least one fabricated event, with more than one third of participants reporting a specific memory of the event. "Yes" voters (those in favor of legalizing abortion) were more likely than "no" voters to "remember" a fabricated scandal regarding the campaign to vote "no," and "no" voters were more likely than "yes" voters to "remember" a fabricated scandal regarding the campaign to vote "yes." This difference was particularly strong for voters of low cognitive ability. A subsequent warning about possible misinformation slightly reduced rates of false memories but did not eliminate these effects. This study suggests that voters in a real-world political campaign are most susceptible to forming false memories for fake news that aligns with their beliefs, in particular if they have low cognitive ability.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Sage
Journal
Psychological Science
Volume
30
Issue
10
Start Page
1449
End Page
1459
Copyright (Published Version)
2019 the Authors
Keywords
  • Bias

  • Fake news

  • False memory

  • Misinformation

  • Open data

  • Open materials

  • Politics

DOI
10.1177/0956797619864887
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0956-7976
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
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Psychology Research Collection
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