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mis·at·trib·ute

(mĭs′ə-trĭb′yo͞ot)
tr.v. mis·at·trib·ut·ed, mis·at·trib·ut·ing, mis·at·trib·utes
To attribute incorrectly: misattributed the quotation to Dickens.

mis′at·tri·bu′tion (-ă-trĭ-byo͞o′shən) n.
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misattribute

(ˌmɪsəˈtrɪbjuːt)
vb (tr)
to attribute wrongly
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"Source Misattributions and the Suggestibility of Eyewitness Memory." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 20.4 (1994): 934-45.
at 941; Frost et al., supra note 3, at 183 (testing recall of post-event misinformation and source misattributions after one week); see also Loftus, Memory's Truth, supra note 2, at 123 (explaining the logic-of-opposition paradigm as an explanation of subjects believing misinformation to be part of the original event).
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