The permanent or impermanent decreased ability to recall the information targeted by misinformation. 

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- Memory impairment 
- Biased responding
- Source misattribution
- Memory conversion processes

Misinformation Effect: Mechanisms

Blank, H., & Launay, C. (2014). How to protect eyewitness memory against the misinformation effect: A meta-analysis of post-warning studies. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 3(2), 77–88. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/10.1037/h0101798.supp (Supplemental)

How to protect eyewitness memory against the misinformation effect: A meta-analysis of post-warning studies

Where a memory came from can be mixed up (misidentified; misattributed). For example someone can remember hearing about an event from the news when they actually heard it from a friend.

Source-monitoring error (source misattribution)

Misinformation Effect: Memory Impairment

Responses that align with the misinformation to the detriment of reporting accurate event information.  

Misinformation Effect: Biased Responding

The substandard utilization of the original memory details related to the misinformation effect and an insufficient model of the memory task. 

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