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  • People often infer past events based on their perceived memorability.
  • This study investigates if these memorability judgments can be manipulated by external suggestions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the susceptibility of memorability judgments to false feedback.
  • To understand how false suggestions influence the inference of past events.

Main Methods:

  • Five online experiments with 1544 participants.
  • Participants encoded pictures and underwent a recognition test with feedback.
  • False feedback (labeling new items as old) was introduced in some trials.

Main Results:

  • False "old" feedback reduced the perceived memorability of new pictures compared to no feedback.
  • This effect was more pronounced for items generally perceived as more memorable.
  • Judgements of learning and familiarity were also assessed.

Conclusions:

  • Memorability judgments are sensitive to subtle false suggestions.
  • This suggests external feedback can alter how individuals perceive the likelihood of forgotten events.