After reading a newspaper report suggesting that drunken driving might have contributed to a recent auto accident, several people who actually witnessed the accident began to remember the driver involved as traveling more recklessly than was actually the case. This provides an example of

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The misinformation effect is the phenomenon where the memories of an event can be altered by post-event information. In this case, the newspaper report may have altered the witnesses' memories of the driver's behavior, leading them to remember the driver as being more reckless than they actually were.

After Reading a Newspaper Report Suggesting That Drunken Driving Might