Additional Questions about the Applicability of “False Memory” Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Becker-Blease ◽  
Jennifer J. Freyd
Keyword(s):  
False Memory ◽  
Memory Research

scholarly journals Recent advances in false memory research

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Laney ◽  
Elizabeth F Loftus
Keyword(s):  
False Memory ◽  
Memory Research ◽  
Recent Advances

scholarly journals False claims about false memory research

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberley A. Wade ◽  
Stefanie J. Sharman ◽  
Maryanne Garry ◽  
Amina Memon ◽  
Giuliana Mazzoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
False Memory ◽  
Memory Research

scholarly journals Segmentation of semantic and perceptual boundaries affects associative memory and risk of false memories

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent van de Ven ◽  
Sophie van den Hoogen ◽  
Henry Otgaar
Keyword(s):  
False Memory ◽  
Associative Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
False Memories ◽  
Semantic Relatedness ◽  
Memory Research ◽  
Temporal Memory ◽  
Situational Model ◽  
Increased Risk

Temporally structured sequences of experiences, such as narratives or life events, are segmented in memory into discrete situational models. In segmentation, contextual shifts are processed as situational boundaries that temporally cluster items according to the perceived contexts. As such, segmentation enhances associative binding of items within a situational model. One side effect of enhanced associative processing is increased risk of false recollections for not-presented, semantically related items. If so, do boundaries facilitate false recollections, or does segmentation protect against them? In two experiments, we introduced situational shifts in word sequences in the form of semantic and perceptual boundaries, with semantic relatedness between words or the frame color around a word changing on a regular basis. After encoding, we tested participants’ associative memory performance and false recollection rates. In Experiment 1, color boundaries occurred synchronously or asynchronously to semantic boundaries. We found better associative recognition, but also more false recollections, for synchronous than asynchronous boundaries. In Experiment 2, color boundaries occurred synchronous to semantic boundaries or were absent entirely. We found that false recollection rates elicited by semantic boundaries increased when color boundaries were absent. We also tested associative memory performance using a non-semantic, temporal memory task. We found better temporal memory performance for semantic boundaries, as well as a negative correlation between increased false recollection rates and better temporal memory performance for semantic lists, but not for random lists. We discuss implications for false memory theories and segmentation of narrative materials in false memory research.

scholarly journals Expert Opinions on the Smallest Effect Size of Interest in False Memory Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Riesthuis ◽  
Ivan Mangiulli ◽  
Nick Broers ◽  
Henry Otgaar
Keyword(s):  
False Memory ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Memory Research ◽  
Expert Opinions

Beyond Intelligence Testing

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serge Nicolas ◽  
Zachary Levine
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Experimental Psychology ◽  
Intelligence Testing ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Mental Life ◽  
Applied Psychology ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Memory Research ◽  
English Translations ◽  
The Many

Though Alfred Binet was a prolific writer, many of his 1893–1903 works are not well known. This is partly due to a lack of English translations of the many important papers and books that he and his collaborators created during this period. Binet’s insights into intelligence testing are widely celebrated, but the centennial of his death provides an occasion to reexamine his other psychological examinations. His studies included many diverse aspects of mental life, including memory research and the science of testimony. Indeed, Binet was a pioneer of psychology and produced important research on cognitive and experimental psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, and applied psychology. This paper seeks to elucidate these aspects of his work.

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