Information supplied after memory storage {post-event information} can cause memory change, if information is not suspect and if memory was weak. Memories change to be consistent with new information.
compromise
Conscious recall does not allow unreal or contradictory contents. However, feature mixing can happen {compromise memory, post-event information}, such as using one-object's color for another object.
recall
People take longer to recall items if they have to take into account new information.
repetition
Repeating new information increases confidence in changed memories.
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