A name alone can trigger false memories of aggression

Evidence

Images are not alone in affecting responses. In one study describing an encounter between two people, participants are more apt to remember aggressive details about a person named “Tyrone” than “William” and even attribute aggressive details that did not occur when the story is about “Tyrone” (Levinson, 2007). — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1365

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: memory is not a record but a reconstruction — how names and other cues silently edit what witnesses ‘remember’ in court.