One day after the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, Neisser and Harsch asked college students to describe how they first heard the news.Three years later they again asked the same students to recollect how they had heard about the explosion of the space shuttle.In their study, Neisser and Harsch found that:
A)the delayed memories were more accurate than the original memories
B)there was not much agreement between the delayed memories and the original memories
C)the delayed memories contained more detailed descriptions than the original memories
D)the delayed memories and the original memories were essentially the same

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Neisser and Harsch found that there was not much agreement between the delayed memories and the original memories, indicating that memories can change over time and are prone to distortion. This is known as the misinformation effect, where new information can alter our memories of past events.

One Day After the Space Shuttle Challenger Exploded, Neisser and Harsch