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The Truth About the Truth: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Truth Effect

Dechêne, Alice, Stahl, Christoph, Hansen, Jochim, Wänke, Michaela·2010·Personality and Social Psychology Review
DOI 10.1177/1088868309352251
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Abstract

Repetition has been shown to increase subjective truth ratings of trivia statements. This truth effect can be measured in two ways: (a) as the increase in subjective truth from the first to the second encounter ( within-items criterion) and (b) as the difference in truth ratings between repeated and other new statements ( between-items criterion). Qualitative differences are assumed between the processes underlying both criteria. A meta-analysis of the truth effect was conducted that compared the two criteria. In all, 51 studies of the repetition-induced truth effect were included in the analysis. Results indicate that the between-items effect is larger than the within-items effect. Moderator analyses reveal that several moderators affect both effects differentially. This lends support to the notion that different psychological comparison processes may underlie the two effects. The results are discussed within the processing fluency account of the truth effect.

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Authors
Dechêne, A., Stahl, C., Hansen, J., & Wänke, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Basel (CH)
  • University of Freiburg (DE)
Corresponding author
Dechêne, Alice
ORCID
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-12-18
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
238-257
ISSN
  • 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7957
DOI
10.1177/1088868309352251
OpenAlex
W2122617296
Semantic Scholar
3a37a0a8ae8e464fac13aceb53dc2a63dcbd0969
Cited by
592
References
89
Citations by year
2026: 59 · 2025: 44 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 75 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 60 · 2019: 63 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 8
FWCI
0.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
truth effect, repetition, processing fluency, comparison processes
MeSH terms
Cognition, Communication, Humans, Judgment, Memory, Truth Disclosure, Trust

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