The role of time delay in memory conformity

Abstract

Memory conformity occurs when one person's memory report influences another person's subsequent report concerning the same event.In the study, we tested whether an increase in the time between a discussion of the event and its recall would be accompanied by an increase in the number of errors suggesting memory conformity. It turned out that their number was comparable, both a few minutes and a week after the conversation. In both cases, this effect was due to memory mechanisms.