Suggestibility

Suggestibility is a memory problem that results from outside information being absorbed and incorporated into the memory of an event. You may remember wearing the red shirt to the party last week, but if someone insists that you were wearing a blue shirt, this may alter your memory. The next time you recall the event you may remember the incorrect information because it has been assimilative into your memory through suggestion.

Children are particularly susceptible to suggestibility because their brains are not fully developed. Several studies have shown that false memories can be implanted in children by using suggestive or leading questioning by authority figures, such as police.