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Challenging belief in false memories hinders problem-solving. Undermining confidence in nonbelieved memories (NBMs) reduced solution rates, impacting both immediate and delayed tasks.

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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Nonbelieved memories (NBMs) are recollections where belief in an event's occurrence is undermined.
  • Understanding the impact of NBMs on cognitive functions like problem-solving is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how nonbelieved memories affect subsequent problem-solving behavior.
  • To determine if undermining belief in false memories influences insight-based problem-solving rates.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm to elicit true and false memories.
  • Challenged participants' belief in elicited memories by informing them the items were not presented.
  • Assessed problem-solving rates immediately and after a one-week delay.

Main Results:

  • Undermining belief in false memories led to significantly lower problem-solving rates.
  • This effect was observed for both immediate and delayed problem-solving tasks.
  • Belief in false memories appears critical for their effectiveness as cognitive primes.

Conclusions:

  • Belief is a key factor in whether false memories facilitate or impede problem-solving.
  • Nonbelieved memories, particularly false ones, can negatively impact cognitive performance.
  • Memory belief influences the utility of recollections in problem-solving contexts.