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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This phenomenon is known as the misinformation effect, where new information (such as the suggestion of drunken driving in the newspaper report) can alter people's memories of events.

After Reading a Newspaper Report Suggesting That Drunken Driving Might