Assassination of a controversial politician: remembering details from another non-existent film

M. Jelicic; T. Smeets; M.J.V. Peters; I.E.L. Candel; R. Horselenberg; H.L.G.J. Merckelbach

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Assassination of a controversial politician: remembering details from another non-existent film

M. Jelicic^*, T. Smeets, M.J.V. Peters, I.E.L. Candel, R. Horselenberg, H.L.G.J. Merckelbach

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We asked undergraduate students (N=83) if they had seen non-existent video footage of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, and whether they could remember details of this footage. Sixty-three percent of the participants indicated they had seen the footage, and 23% were able to provide details of this footage. Participants with 'memories' of the non-existent footage had higher fantasy proneness scores than those who could not remember this footage. Results underscore the malleability of our autobiographical memory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	591-596
Journal	Applied Cognitive Psychology
Volume	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1210
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2006

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