Was this not the whole point of the study in TFA comparing false memories of crimes to false memories of non-crimes? The assumption that people would be less willing to admit to a serious crime than to having been injured?
> Intriguingly, the criminal false events seemed to be just as believable as the emotional ones. Students tended to provide the same number of details, and reported similar levels of confidence, vividness, and sensory detail for the two types of event.
> Intriguingly, the criminal false events seemed to be just as believable as the emotional ones. Students tended to provide the same number of details, and reported similar levels of confidence, vividness, and sensory detail for the two types of event.