Cara Laney

Summary

Affiliation: University of Leicester
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi The Red Herring technique: a methodological response to the problem of demand characteristics
    Cara Laney
    University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
    Psychol Res 72:362-75. 2008
  2. ncbi The persistence of false beliefs
    Cara Laney
    University of California Irvine, CA, USA
    Acta Psychol (Amst) 129:190-7. 2008
  3. ncbi Emotional content of true and false memories
    Cara Laney
    University of Leicester, UK
    Memory 16:500-16. 2008
  4. ncbi Susceptibility to memory distortion: how do we decide it has occurred?
    Erin K Morris
    University of California, Irvine 92697 7085, USA
    Am J Psychol 119:255-74. 2006
  5. ncbi Pluto behaving badly: false beliefs and their consequences
    Shari R Berkowitz
    Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine 92697 7080, USA
    Am J Psychol 121:643-60. 2008
  6. ncbi Effects of discrete emotions on young children's suggestibility
    Linda J Levine
    Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    Dev Psychol 44:681-94. 2008
  7. ncbi Traumatic memories are not necessarily accurate memories
    Cara Laney
    Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine 92697 7085, USA
    Can J Psychiatry 50:823-8. 2005
  8. ncbi Memory for thematically arousing events
    Cara Laney
    University of California, Irvine, California, USA
    Mem Cognit 32:1149-59. 2004
  9. ncbi Ripple effects in memory: judgments of moral blame can distort memory for events
    David A Pizarro
    Department of Psychology, Cornell University, 211 Uris Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    Mem Cognit 34:550-5. 2006
  10. ncbi False beliefs about fattening foods can have healthy consequences
    Daniel M Bernstein
    University of Washington and Kwantlen University College, Department of Psychology, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:13724-31. 2005

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi The Red Herring technique: a methodological response to the problem of demand characteristics
    Cara Laney
    University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
    Psychol Res 72:362-75. 2008
    ..This "double cross" technique may have widespread uses in psychological research that hopes to conceal its real hypotheses from experimental subjects...
  2. ncbi The persistence of false beliefs
    Cara Laney
    University of California Irvine, CA, USA
    Acta Psychol (Amst) 129:190-7. 2008
    ..These false beliefs were found to be somewhat weaker than other subjects' true beliefs for the same events. Another novel finding was that the manipulation was sufficiently powerful to affect actual food choices...
  3. ncbi Emotional content of true and false memories
    Cara Laney
    University of Leicester, UK
    Memory 16:500-16. 2008
    ..These results suggest that even substantial emotional content may not reliably indicate memory accuracy...
  4. ncbi Susceptibility to memory distortion: how do we decide it has occurred?
    Erin K Morris
    University of California, Irvine 92697 7085, USA
    Am J Psychol 119:255-74. 2006
    ..Comparisons between false memories and true memories could differ, too, depending on how memories are defined...
  5. ncbi Pluto behaving badly: false beliefs and their consequences
    Shari R Berkowitz
    Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine 92697 7080, USA
    Am J Psychol 121:643-60. 2008
    ..These findings are among the first to demonstrate that false beliefs can have repercussions for people, meaning that they can influence their later thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors...
  6. ncbi Effects of discrete emotions on young children's suggestibility
    Linda J Levine
    Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    Dev Psychol 44:681-94. 2008
    ..Sad children's greater suggestibility is discussed in terms of the differing problem-solving strategies associated with discrete emotions...
  7. ncbi Traumatic memories are not necessarily accurate memories
    Cara Laney
    Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine 92697 7085, USA
    Can J Psychiatry 50:823-8. 2005
    ..The fact that a memory report describes a traumatic event does not ensure that the memory is authentic...
  8. ncbi Memory for thematically arousing events
    Cara Laney
    University of California, Irvine, California, USA
    Mem Cognit 32:1149-59. 2004
    ..The data show that emotionality improves memory for all aspects of these events, with no memory narrowing...
  9. ncbi Ripple effects in memory: judgments of moral blame can distort memory for events
    David A Pizarro
    Department of Psychology, Cornell University, 211 Uris Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    Mem Cognit 34:550-5. 2006
    ..Moreover, the degree of memory distortion was predicted by the degree of moral blame that had been attributed to Frank...
  10. ncbi False beliefs about fattening foods can have healthy consequences
    Daniel M Bernstein
    University of Washington and Kwantlen University College, Department of Psychology, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:13724-31. 2005
    ..More broadly, these results indicate that we can, through suggestion, manipulate nutritional selection and possibly even improve health...