Misremembering information or remembering an event that never happened is known as false memory (Rajagopal & Montgomery, 2011). The study of false memories has interested cognitive psychologists for many years (Otagaar, Smeets & Scoboria, 2013) since it implies that human memory is vulnerable to the influence of external information, it also implies that our ability to remember events may not always be accurate. One of the main problems that has emerged with research on false memories is the argued validity of eyewitness testimony (Wade, Green & Nash, 2011). Eyewitness testimony is the verified report made by someone who witnessed a crime (Wade et.al., 2011). False memories can interfere with correct recall of criminal offenses which can potentially lead to inaccurate charges of a crime (Wade et.al., 2011). Researchers are interested in studying false memories to develop a better understanding of how they work and to what extent our memories can be considered accurate (Jou & Flores, 2013). Bartlett's "War of the Ghosts" experiment (1932) is a classic example of false memories. The results of his study found that participants unintentionally altered the information in a story they read in a way that was more reflective of their own lives. Otagaar, et al. (2013) examined false memories by developing disbelieved memories in adults and children about a hot air balloon ride. The results of this study found that when participants were asked immediately after reading a passage about this memory, most did not remember being on a hot air balloon. However, when participants were recalled a few months later, a higher proportion of participants recalled experiencing...... half of paper ......studying psychology at the University of Canberra using regular distractors and special distraction words when participants are presented with lists of words. The methods of this experiment are similar to the methods of the Roediger and McDermotts (1995) study. It is expected that, given the robustness with which previous studies have found false memories (Wright et.al. 2005), it is likely that these students will be equally susceptible to the effects of false memories and will report seeing special distracting words as often as they report that you have seen the original list of words. The results of this research would strengthen the findings of previous research specifically relating to the robustness of false memories. The experiment undertaken by the students will also be useful for the study of false memories precisely to test the reproducibility of this type of experiment.