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ERIC Number: EJ1261732
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-4080
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Memory Distortions: When Suggestions Cannot Be Easily Ignored
Cabalo, Donna Gift; Ianì, Francesco; Bilge, A. Reyyan; Mazzoni, Giuliana
Applied Cognitive Psychology, v34 n1 p106-118 Jan-Feb 2020
In the present study, the persistence of personal false memories (FMs) after social feedback that denies their truth was assessed. Participants imitated actions performed by the experimenter ("Session 1") and watched a doctored video with performed and critical "fake" actions ("Session 2"), followed by a memory rating and a recognition task. A few days later ("Session 3"), participants were clearly told that some memories were false and received daily reminders of the correct list of objects/actions before testing their memory again in "Session 4." Results of both memory ratings and recognition indicated effective FM implantation. Interestingly, response times for correct rejections were longer for fake than true objects, suggesting participants struggled to ignore false suggestions. Crucial for our aim, Session 4 showed that FM persisted also after the debriefing and repeated presentations of correct list of objects/actions, suggesting that FMs for actions are rather difficult to discard.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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