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Backward associative strength determines source attributions given to false memories.

Jason L Hicks1, Thomas W Hancock

  • 1Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-5501, USA. jhicks@lsu.edu

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
|March 5, 2003
PubMed
Summary

False memories are often attributed to the speaker presenting list items with higher associative strength. This suggests memory binding during encoding, not biased retrieval, influences source attribution in false recall.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Memory Studies
  • False Memory Research

Background:

  • The Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm is a common method for inducing and studying false memories.
  • Understanding source attribution for falsely remembered information is crucial for explaining memory errors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how source attributions are made for falsely remembered material in the DRM paradigm.
  • To determine if the associative strength of presented items influences the attribution of false memories to specific sources.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using male and female speakers presenting word lists from the DRM paradigm.
  • Participants were exposed to either full lists or halves of lists, with varying backward associative strength (BAS).

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  • Source attributions for falsely recognized or recalled critical items were recorded.

    • Main Results:

    • When critical items were falsely recognized or recalled, participants attributed them more frequently to the speaker associated with list items of higher average BAS.
    • This effect was observed regardless of whether full lists or list halves were presented.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings support an activation/monitoring account of false memory in the DRM paradigm.
    • Source attribution appears to stem from the binding of source characteristics to activated critical items during encoding, rather than retrieval biases.