The plausability of the retracting information, which can affect whether the retracted information be replaced bythe retracting information, had not been studied much in previous studies on continued influence effect. An experiment wasconducted to investigate how the plausability of a retracting information affects the understanding of an event in which someof the information had been retracted. In the experiment, the plausibility of the retracting information (low versus high) andthe manner of correcting information (simple retraction versus supplying an alternative) were manipulated, and the participantswere asked to answer memory questions and inference questions. Retracted information was better remembered for memoryquestions, but was used less frequently for inference questions when the retracting information was less plausible comparedto when the retracting information was quite plausible. The results were interpreted to support the ‘memory-based’ theory ofmemory updating.