• we tend to forget the source of an information faster than the information

  • information from uncredible source can become credible when forgetting source, but not information itself

    • sleeper effect: attitude can change when forgetting the source (Pratkanis et al., 1988)
  • confusion between actual / imagined experience and own experience / of someone else

  • Gold Mountain Blues case

    • authors Choy, Lee and Yee launched copyright infringement lawsuit against Zhang for copying “substantial elements” of their books
    • Zhang named common events and experiences as basis for her novel