STUDIA UBB PSYCHOL.-PAED., LXVII, 2, 2022, p. 5-23 (Recommended Citation) DOI:10.24193/subbpsyped.2022.2.01 ©2022 STUDIA UBB PSYCHOL.-PAED. Published by Babeș-Bolyai University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License FALSE MEMORIES IN ONLINE MISINFORMATION EXPERIMENTAL CONTEXT Andreea HOROIȚĂ 1 , Adrian OPRE 2* ABSTRACT. In times of pandemic and afterwards, online platforms and settings have been intensively used. With the purpose of investigating how this setting affected our memory, recent studies have found that memory distortions are present in online environments as well. Therefore, the objective of the present research was to assess misinformation effect in online context, more specifically to assess misinformation effect using leading questions and suggestibility techniques in online format. Our results indicate the presence of misinformation effect through suggestibility, but not through leading questions. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. Keywords: misinformation effect; leading questions; suggestibility; false memories; eyewitness testimony; online context. Introduction Memory volatility has been explored for a long time and in various forms. Memory errors, also known as memory illusions or memory reconstructions, are now proven facts (Loftus, 1996; Deese, 1959; Roediger & McDermott, 1995) and state that our memory, as dependent as we all are of it, is not always accurate. A form of memory distortion, which was intensively studied, is misinformation effect, and some of the techniques used to explore this particular effect on memory were leading questions and suggestibility. Implications of memory 1 Doctoral School of Applied Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Republicii Street No. 37, 400015, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, andreeahoroita@gmail.com 2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Republicii Street No. 37, 400015, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, adrianopre@psychology.ro * Corresponding author: adrianopre@psychology.com