post event discussion

• However, misleading information in the real world can come from other sources, for example other witnesses (co-witnesses), when they discuss the details of a crime or accident, following an incident. This is known as post-event discussion.
• Another explanation is memory conformity. Gabbert et al. concluded that witnesses often go along with each other, either to win social approval or because they believe the other witnesses are right and they are wrong. Unlike with memory contamination, the actual memory is unchanged.
• information is added to a memory after the event has occurred
• information that is added may be misleading
• the accuracy of the witness's recall may be reduced
• false memories can be stimulated by misleading post-event discussion