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Effects of presentation mode on veridical and false memory in individuals with intellectual disability
Michael Carlin1, Michael P Toglia, Colleen Belmonte
1Department of Psychology, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, USA. mcarlin@rider.edu
Abstract:
In the present study the effects of visual, auditory, and audio-visual presentation formats on memory for thematically constructed lists were assessed in individuals with intellectual disability and mental age-matched children. The auditory recognition test included target items, unrelated foils, and two types of semantic lures: critical related foils and related foils. The audio-visual format led to better recognition of old items and lower false-alarm rates for all foil types. Those with intellectual disability had higher false-alarm rates for all foil types and experienced particular difficulty discriminating presented items from those most strongly activated internally during acquisition (i.e., critical foils). Results are consistent with the activation-monitoring framework and fuzzy-trace theory and inform best practices for designing visual supports to maximize performance in educational and work environments.
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