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Título
Retrieval dynamics in false recall: revelations from identifiability manipulations
Autor(es)
Materia
False memory
DRM paradigm
Identifiability effect
Externalized free-recall
Self-reports
Clasificación UNESCO
61 Psicología
Fecha de publicación
2013
Editor
Springer
Resumen
[EN]The present study analyzed the retrieval dynamics
of false recall, using an externalized free-recall task after
participants studied Deese/Roediger–McDermott lists with
high- and low-identifiable critical words. In Experiment 1,
the memory test required participants to write down the
words they remembered as having been presented in each
list (recall output) plus any related words that came to mind
(inclusion output). The results of the inclusion output
showed that highly identifiable critical items were more
frequently generated than less identifiable critical items,
suggesting that highly identifiable critical words were more
accessible in a first phase of retrieval. At the same time, the
results of the recall output showed that highly identifiable
critical items were less often falsely recalled than low identifiable critical items, a replication of previous findings.
In Experiment 2, self-reports corroborated that participants
were using an editing strategy based on the identification
and exclusion of critical words—that is, the identify-to reject strategy. These results help us to more fully under stand the identifiability effect and, beyond that, emphasize
the importance of considering the intervening of dual pro cesses of accessibility and error correction as a crucial
feature in theoretical explanations of false memories.
URI
ISSN
1069-9384
DOI
10.3758/s13423-012-0361-4
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