Side- and similarity-biases during confidence conformity

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 7; p. e0253577
• Main Authors: Yue, Winny W. Y., Miyoshi, Kiyofumi, Yue, Wendy W. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 16.07.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adult; Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Confidence; Confidence intervals; Conformity; Experiments; Female; Human motion; Humans; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Memory; Memory - physiology; Research and Analysis Methods; Similarity; Social Conformity; Social Sciences; Young Adult; United States; Los Angeles California; San Francisco California; California; United States > US

Memory conformity may develop when people are confronted with distinct memories reported by others in social situations and knowingly/unknowingly adhere to these exogenous memories. Earlier research on memory conformity suggests that (1) subjects were more likely to conform to confederate with high...