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Misinformation effect

Description

A phenomenon in which exposure to misleading information presented between the encoding of an event and its subsequent recall causes impaired memory for the original event.

Misinformation effect in business decision

After witnessing a workplace incident, if employees discuss it and one introduces an incorrect detail, others might later incorporate that misinformation into their own recollections.

Misinformation effect in personal life decision

Your memory of a car accident changes after reading misleading news reports about it.