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Confidence Inflation

Confidence Inflation is a psychological phenomenon in eyewitness testimony research wherein an individual’s expressed certainty in the accuracy of their memory increases disproportionately following external validation or suggestive feedback, despite no corresponding improvement in actual recall accuracy.

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2017–2026

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Imagination inflation: Imagining a childhood event inflates confidence that it occurred

Maryanne Garry, Charles G. Manning, Elizabeth F. Loftus et al. · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review · 1996 · 638 citations · Full text

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Imagination and Memory

Maryanne Garry, Devon L. L. Polaschek · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2000 · 139 citations

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Repeated postevent questioning can lead to elevated levels of eyewitness confidence.

John S. Shaw, Kimberley A. McClure · Law and Human Behavior · 1996 · 136 citations

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Effects of Postidentification Feedback on Eyewitness Identification and Nonidentification Confidence.

Carolyn Semmler, Neil Brewer, Gary L. Wells · Journal of Applied Psychology · 2004 · 111 citations

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Confidence crisis of results in biomechanics research

Duane Knudson · Sports Biomechanics · 2017 · 76 citations

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Authors

76

  1. JS
    Jeffrey S. Neuschatz

    University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States

    5 publications · 182 citations

    4

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  2. GL
    Gary L. Wells

    Iowa State University, United States

    4 publications · 189 citations

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  3. MG
    Maryanne Garry

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    4 publications · 854 citations

    4

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  4. AB
    Amy Bradfield Douglass

    Bates College, United States

    3 publications · 70 citations

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  5. CG
    Charles G. Manning

    University of Washington, United States

    3 publications · 735 citations

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Institutions

38

  1. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    239 citations

  2. Bates College

    Lewiston, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    104 citations

  3. University of Alabama in Huntsville

    Huntsville, United States

    4 h-index

    21 publications

    830 citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Florida International University

    Miami, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    142 citations

  6. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    388 citations

  7. Flinders University

    Adelaide, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    248 citations

  8. Roger Williams University

    Bristol, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    276 citations

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Venues

  1. Law and Human Behavior

    7 publications · 323 citations

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  2. Applied Cognitive Psychology

    ACP · 5 publications · 199 citations

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  3. Psychology Crime and Law

    2 publications · 75 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Experimental Psychology General

    2 publications · 82 citations

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  5. The American Journal of Psychology

    AJP · 2 publications · 55 citations

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