In Ellsworth and Smith's article The Social Psychology of Eyewitness Accuracy Misleading Questions and Communicator Expertise they pose the question of whether or not it is possible to alter a person's memory for a crime and if so how could it be properly operated. The study of misleading questions and their effects on accuracy is the method that is most frequently used by researches. Elizabeth Loftus has performed a great deal of research on the idea suggesting that subjects who are asked misleading questions tend during later questioning, to report the false information that was given to them in the misleading questions they were asked. Consequently, she reports that these subjects make considerably more errors in their statements of the event than subjects who are asked unbiased
In Ellsworth and Smith's article The Social Psychology of Eyewitness Accuracy Misleading Questions and Communicator Expertise they pose the question of whether or not it is possible to alter a person's memory for a crime and if so how could it be properly operated. The study of misleading questions and their effects on accuracy is the method that is most frequently used by researches. Elizabeth Loftus has performed a great deal of research on the idea suggesting that subjects who are asked misleading questions tend during later questioning, to report the false information that was given to them in the misleading questions they were asked. Consequently, she reports that these subjects make considerably more errors in their statements of the event than subjects who are asked unbiased