Corrected misinformation often continues to influence reasoning; this is known as the continued-influence effect (CIE). It is unclear whether this effect also occurs in impression formation, with some arguing that person impressions are readily updated. The present study tested if a retracted allegation influences person impressions. Participants received examples of behaviors that a fictitious person had allegedly engaged in. The set did or did not include a domestic-violence behavior, which subsequently was or was not retracted. Discredited misinformation was found to influence neither trait ratings of the person nor behavior predictions. This held even when the person’s name implied a cultural background stereotypically associated with domestic violence. This provides evidence that under some circumstances, people can fully discount discredited misinformation when building person impressions. However, there was some tentative evidence that corrected misinformation did influence a more indirect measure, namely ratings of the fictitious person’s face.

更正的错误信息经常继续影响推理。这就是所谓的持续影响效应（CIE）。目前尚不清楚这种影响是否还会在印象形成中发生，有人认为人的印象很容易更新。本研究测试了撤消指控是否影响人的印象。参与者收到了一个虚构的人据称从事的行为的事例。该场景中包括或不包括家庭暴力行为，后来被或未被撤消。发现失信的错误信息既不会影响人的特质等级，也不会影响行为预测。即使此人的名字暗示了与家庭暴力有成见的文化背景，这种情况仍然存在。这提供了证据，表明在某些情况下，在建立人的印象时，人们可以完全抵销信誉不良的错误信息。但是，有一些初步证据表明，纠正的错误信息确实影响了更间接的衡量标准，即对虚拟人的面部表情的评定。