[zealtrace]

This study was immediately critiqued for distorted results due to the way the researchers interpreted the data.

"We used three different approaches to recode their data. Using Shaw and Porter's approach, we replicated their 70%. Using alternative approaches that distinguish between false beliefs and memories, we found 26-30% of subjects met the criteria for false memories. Moreover, we showed that laypeople’s understanding of remembering better aligns with the alternative coding approaches than with Shaw and Porter’s."

http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/87062/

[lisasays]

Ok, so -- half full or half empty? Or are you saying it's all BS?

[anonymouskimmer]

Not quite as bad as expected. This means that a bit more than half of those with false beliefs probably wouldn't testify to the absolute truth of their belief in court.