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| Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2002): |
False memories in children and adults: age, distinctiveness, and subjective experience.
Full Abstract
This study investigated developmental trends associated with the Deese/Roediger-McDermott false-memory effect, the role of distinctive information in false-memory formation, and participants' subjective experience of true and false memories. Children (5- and 7-year-olds) and adults studied lists of semantically associated words. Half of the participants studied words alone, and half studied words accompanied by pictures. There were significant age differences in recall (5-year-olds evinced more false memories than did adults) but not in recognition of critical lures. Distinctive information reduced false memory for all age groups. Younger children provided with distinctive information, and older children and adults regardless of whether they viewed distinctive information, expressed higher levels of confidence in true than in false memories. Source attributions did not significantly differ between true and false memories. Implications for theories of false memory and memory development are discussed.
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Author/s: Ghetti, Simona (S); Qin, Jianjian (J); Goodman, Gail S (GS);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, USA. sghetti(-atsign-)irsig.bo.cnr.it
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal: Developmental psychology (Dev Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Sep; vol 38 (issue 5) : pp 705-18
Dates: Created 2002/09/10; Completed 2003/03/26; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12220049, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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