Misleading information

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Evaluation
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Research on post-event discussion
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Loftus and Palmer's study (1974)
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Why leading questions affect EWT
When a participant gets a leading question using the verb 'smashed', this encourages them to estimate a higher speed. Loftus and Palmer carried out another experiment that supported the substitution explanation; the wording of the question changed the participants' memory of the event. Participants who originally heard 'smashed' were later more likely to report seeing broken glass.