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

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana Fandakova ◽  
Myriam C. Sander ◽  
Thomas H. Grandy ◽  
Roberto Cabeza ◽  
Markus Werkle-Bergner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
False Memory ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Retrieval Monitoring

scholarly journals (Only) time can tell: Age differences in false memory are magnified at longer delays

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana Fandakova ◽  
Markus Werkle-Bergner ◽  
Myriam C. Sander
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
False Memory ◽  
Associative Memory ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Real Life ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Initial Event ◽  
Memory Representations

Older adults often report memories of past events that are partly or entirely false. To date, age differences in false memory have been examined primarily soon after the initial event. However, in real-life situations we rely on memories acquired across a lifetime. We examined associative memory in younger and older adults after 24 hours and 8 days. Age differences in memory were magnified after eight days due to a disproportionate increase in false memory rates in older adults. In both age groups, the effects of delay were modulated by memory fidelity and whether or not participants had experienced similar events potentially causing interference. Older adults were particularly vulnerable to false memory having experienced similar events, even when the initial memory was of high fidelity. We suggest that the fidelity of memory representations in concert with monitoring processes to resolve interference determine how the passage of time affects false memory.

scholarly journals (Only) time can tell: Age differences in false memory are magnified at longer delays.

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-483
Author(s):  
Yana Fandakova ◽  
Markus Werkle-Bergner ◽  
Myriam C. Sander
Keyword(s):  
False Memory ◽  
Age Differences

scholarly journals Adult Age Differences in Knowledge of Retrieval Processes

1989 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda J. Anooshian ◽  
Susan L. Mammarella ◽  
Paula T. Hertel
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Old Adults ◽  
Adult Age ◽  
Feeling Of Knowing ◽  
Retrieval Processes ◽  
Monitoring Accuracy ◽  
Retrieval Monitoring

We assessed knowledge of retrieval processes in young (25–35 years) and old adults (70–85 years). Both feeling-of-knowing judgments and retrieval monitoring were examined with a set of questions about recent news events. For answers that participants initially failed to recall, they rated their feeling-of-knowing as well as made predictions regarding the likelihood of recalling the answer with the aid of a specified type of retrieval cue (retrieval monitoring). Accuracy was evaluated in the context of later recall or recognition performance. We found age group differences in the accuracy of retrieval monitoring, free recall, and recall aided by phonological cues. Using a separate inventory, we found no evidence for age group differences in participants' knowledge of general retrieval principles.

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

2015 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 7-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. McDonough ◽  
Dung C. Bui ◽  
Michael C. Friedman ◽  
Alan D. Castel
Keyword(s):  
False Memory ◽  
Information Value ◽  
Retrieval Monitoring

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

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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