Altering false reports via confederate influence

@article{Ost2006AlteringFR,
  title={Altering false reports via confederate influence},
  author={James Ost and Ian Hogbin and P{\"a}r Anders Granhag},
  journal={Social Influence},
  year={2006},
  volume={1},
  pages={105 - 116}
}
The present experiment examined the effects of confederate influence on the likelihood that participants would claim to have witnessed non‐existent footage of a highly charged public event. A total of 48 participants completed a questionnaire, in the presence of a confederate, concerning their memory for (non‐existent) closed circuit television (CCTV) footage of an explosion in a Bali nightclub. Overall, 19 participants (39%) claimed falsely to have seen this non‐existent footage. Furthermore… 
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