Abstract
The current essay forwards scientific evidence on th e susceptibility of distorted memories by assessing false memories (remembrance of events which actually did not occur) in emotionally arousing situations. The B razilian version of the Cahill, Prins, Weber and McGaugh's instruments and procedures adapted by Neufeld, Brust and Stein on the evaluation of the effect of emotion on memory and false memories were used. Misinformation effect on memory of 138 college students has been investigated. Misinformation material cong ruent to the story given in a newspaper article has also been tested. Results suggest that true memory has not been immune from errors and distortions even though it has ap parently been supported by emotionally arousing events. In fact, misinformation seems to have assisted memory in the discrimination of the items suggested.
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