"With memory playing an important role in the fields of education and law, it is worth considering what factors affect memory. The present study investigated the impact of story details on the creation of false memories, especially when exposed to leading questions at memory recall. Participants were presented with a short fictional story, either rich or vague in detail, and asked to recall the story with either leading or non-leading questions. The leading questions directed participants toward an equal number of incorrect and correct answers, with the goal of determining if leading questions impact the creation of false memories, regardless of direction. It was hypothesized that participants would produce more false memories in the vague story condition, as opposed to the detailed story condition, and that leading questions would produce more false memories than non-leading questions. However, leading questions would be most problematic when the story was vague. Participants were found to create the greatest number of false memories in the nonleading questions condition, with the only other significant influence on their accuracy being their self reported stress level."