Research into post event discussion

• Gabbert et al.'s study


  • Sample of 60 students from the University of Aberdeen
  • Sample of 60 older adults from a local community
  • Participants studied in pairs
  • Pairs watched a video of a crime (girl stealing out of a woman's bag) filmed from different perspectives
  • Each participant could see certain elements in the event that the other couldn't
  • Participants discussed what they saw and individually completed a recall test
• 71% of participants mistakenly recalled aspects of the event that they didn't actually see in the video
• 60% of participants said the girl was guilty, even though they hadn't witnessed her committing a crime
• Post-event discussion


  Can influence memory recall