Evidence challenging memory conformity

• P- one limitation of the memory conformity explanation is evidence that post- event discussion actually alters EWT
• E- Skagerberg and wright (2008) showed their participants film clips. There were two versions, a muggers hair was dark brown in one but light brown in another
• E- participants discussed the clips in pairs, each having seen the different versions. They often did not report what they had seen in the clip or what they heard from co-witnesses but a blend of the two
• L-this suggests that the memory itself is distorted through contamination by misleading post-event discussion, rather than the result of memory conformity