Associations between the misinformation effect, trauma exposure and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression.

This research aimed to conduct an initial investigation into the relationships between the "misinformation effect" and trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Study 1 was a pilot study developing an online misinformation paradigm that could assess the influence of emotion and arousal on memory distortions. Participants ( = 162,  = 39.