Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

False Memories01:18

False Memories

219
False memories represent a cognitive distortion in which individuals recall events that did not happen, or remember them in an altered form. This phenomenon highlights the brain's constructive nature in processing and recalling memories, emphasizing that memory is not a perfect representation of past events but rather a dynamic reconstruction influenced by various factors.
One primary source of false memories is misattribution, where individuals incorrectly associate external information...
219
Eyewitness Memory01:22

Eyewitness Memory

283
Eyewitness memory refers to the recollection of events by someone who has directly witnessed them, often serving as critical evidence in legal settings. This type of memory is commonly used in criminal cases where a witness describes details like a suspect's appearance, clothing, or behavior during a crime. However, despite its perceived reliability, eyewitness memory is prone to significant errors.
One such error is memory distortion, which occurs because human memory does not function...
283

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Assessing the relationship between food-related mental imagery and appetite.

Appetite·2026
Same author

Exercise and autism: exploring caregiver insights on exercise participation and sleep patterns in autistic children in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Frontiers in sleep·2025
Same author

Name-face congruence: Mechanisms and influences on social perception.

Psychonomic bulletin & review·2025
Same author

Exploring comfort food cravings during pregnancy: A cross-sectional survey study.

Appetite·2025
Same author

Psychological significance of name changes: A case study of (north) Macedonia's name referendum.

International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie·2024
Same author

Commentary on the scientific rigor of Sen and Gredebäck's simulation: Why empirical parameters are necessary to build simulations.

Child development·2023

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Nov 15, 2025

The Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM Task: A Simple Cognitive Paradigm to Investigate False Memories in the Laboratory
07:26

The Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM Task: A Simple Cognitive Paradigm to Investigate False Memories in the Laboratory

Published on: January 31, 2017

39.0K

"What Was His Name, Again?": A New Method for Reducing Memory-Based Errors in an Adult False-Belief Task.

Marea S Colombo1, Charlotte Bremer1, Julien Gross1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Europe'S Journal of Psychology
|March 8, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Adults

Keywords:
Theory of Mindadultsfalse belieftraining

More Related Videos

An Experimental Analysis of Children's Ability to Provide a False Report about a Crime
07:36

An Experimental Analysis of Children's Ability to Provide a False Report about a Crime

Published on: May 3, 2016

8.8K
Using a Classroom-Based Deese Roediger McDermott Paradigm to Assess the Effects of Imagery on False Memories
08:53

Using a Classroom-Based Deese Roediger McDermott Paradigm to Assess the Effects of Imagery on False Memories

Published on: November 14, 2018

10.0K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025

The Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM Task: A Simple Cognitive Paradigm to Investigate False Memories in the Laboratory
07:26

The Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM Task: A Simple Cognitive Paradigm to Investigate False Memories in the Laboratory

Published on: January 31, 2017

39.0K
An Experimental Analysis of Children's Ability to Provide a False Report about a Crime
07:36

An Experimental Analysis of Children's Ability to Provide a False Report about a Crime

Published on: May 3, 2016

8.8K
Using a Classroom-Based Deese Roediger McDermott Paradigm to Assess the Effects of Imagery on False Memories
08:53

Using a Classroom-Based Deese Roediger McDermott Paradigm to Assess the Effects of Imagery on False Memories

Published on: November 14, 2018

10.0K

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Theory of Mind (ToM) development is primarily studied in children, with less focus on adult changes.
  • Traditional false-belief tasks for adults may be confounded by narrative complexity and memory demands.
  • Existing methods may not accurately isolate adult ToM skills or allow for child-adult comparisons.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To adapt a false-belief task for assessing adult Theory of Mind.
  • To investigate the impact of different task presentation formats on adult ToM performance.
  • To explore factors influencing the accuracy and explanation of ToM in adults.

Main Methods:

  • Adapted a previously developed false-belief task for adult participants.
  • Randomly assigned participants to reading, video, or training conditions.
  • Assessed performance on a standard false-belief question and analyzed justifications for responses.

Main Results:

  • Task condition did not influence correct answers to the false-belief question.
  • Participants in the training condition used more mental state language in their justifications.
  • Improved memory for story details mediated the enhanced performance in the training condition.

Conclusions:

  • Adults' apparent ToM "failures" may stem from challenges in processing complex information.
  • Memory and communication demands can impact the assessment of adult ToM.
  • Future research should refine ToM measurement tools for adults and children to account for these factors.