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How Prior Testing Impacts Misinformation Processing: A Dual-Task Approach, Leamarie Gordon, Vivek K. Bilolikar, Taylor Hodhod, Ayanna K. Thomas

Psychology Department Faculty Works

Research suggests that testing prior to the presentation of misinformation influences how that misinformation is processed. The present study examined the relationship between testing, the demands of misinformation narrative processing, and memory for original and post-event information. Using response latencies to a secondary task, we tested whether prior testing influenced the available resources for secondary task processing. Additionally, we investigated whether changes in narrative processing were specific to critical details tested earlier. Participants engaged in an eyewitness memory paradigm in which half were tested prior to receiving the post-event narrative. Participants responded to the secondary task at specified time points …