Retrieval monitoring is influenced by information value: The interplay between importance and confidence on false memory

Initiation and Effectiveness of Retrieval Monitoring Depends on Information Value

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e633262013-934 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Ian M. McDonough ◽

Dung C. Bui ◽

Michael C. Friedman ◽

Alan D. Castel

Keyword(s):

Information Value ◽

Retrieval Monitoring

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Age differences in false memory: The importance of retrieval monitoring processes and their modulation by memory quality.

Psychology and Aging ◽

10.1037/pag0000212 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 119-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Yana Fandakova ◽

Myriam C. Sander ◽

Thomas H. Grandy ◽

Roberto Cabeza ◽

Markus Werkle-Bergner ◽

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Keyword(s):

False Memory ◽

Age Differences ◽

Retrieval Monitoring

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Montefinese M, Vinson D, Ambrosini E. Pupil response to false memory modulated by feature similarity (PrePrint)

10.31219/osf.io/w9382 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Maria Montefinese ◽

David Vinson ◽

Ettore Ambrosini

Keyword(s):

False Memory ◽

Contextual Information ◽

Recognition Task ◽

Pupil Dilation ◽

Study Phase ◽

Cognitive Demands ◽

New Concepts ◽

Feature Similarity ◽

Recognition Judgments ◽

Retrieval Monitoring

Differences in pupil dilation are observed for studied compared to new items in recognition memory. According to cognitive load theory, this effect reflects the greater cognitive demands of retrieving contextual information from study phase. Pupil dilation can also occur when new items conceptually related to old ones are erroneously recognized as old, but the aspects of similarity that modulate false memory and related pupil responses remain unclear. We investigated this issue by manipulating the degree of featural similarity between new (unstudied) and old (studied) concepts in an old/new recognition task. We found that new concepts with high similarity were mistakenly identified as old and had greater pupil dilation than those with low similarity, suggesting that pupil dilation reflects the strength of evidence on which recognition judgments are based and, importantly, greater locus coeruleus and prefrontal activity determined by the higher degree of retrieval monitoring involved in recognizing these items.

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Three Pillars of False Memory Prevention

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199336746.013.11 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

David A. Gallo ◽

James M. Lampinen

Keyword(s):

False Memory ◽

False Memories ◽

Laboratory Research ◽

Collateral Information ◽

Memory Accuracy ◽

Retrieval Processes ◽

Past Experiences ◽

Retrieval Monitoring

Conscious recollections of past experiences are prone to distortion, but retrieval monitoring processes help control memory accuracy and avoid false memories. This chapter overviews the metacognitive aspects of three retrieval processes that are fundamental for determining whether or not a questionable event had occurred in one’s past: (1) selectively searching memory for evidence of the questionable event (orientation), (2) diagnosing the validity of retrieved evidence by comparing it to one’s expectations about the questionable event’s memorability (evaluation), and (3) using various kinds of collateral information to converge upon the truth (corroboration). Such collateral information could include recollections of surrounding events that confirm or disqualify the questionable event’s occurrence, as well as other kinds of knowledge pertaining to the questionable event’s likelihood or plausibility. The chapter discusses laboratory research on each of these processes and considers how these processes recursively interact when remembering the more complex autobiographical events of our lives.

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