Correcting false information in memory: Manipulating the strength of misinformation encoding and its retraction.

This paper investigates how the strength of both encoding and retraction of misinformation affects its continued influence on memory and reasoning. The study finds that while stronger retractions can reduce the continued influence of strongly encoded misinformation, even strong retractions fail to eliminate the influence when the misinformation is weakly encoded. A computational model suggests that the continued influence effect is resilient and difficult to fully eliminate, regardless of retraction strength.