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Short-term source amnesia occurs when people forget information sources, not content. This memory failure stems from conflicting source details for the same item, not item misattribution.

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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Source amnesia, the inability to recall information origin, is known in long-term memory.
  • Recent research indicates source amnesia also affects short-term and working memory.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the causes of short-term source amnesia.
  • Differentiate between source misattribution and item-specific interference.

Main Methods:

  • Four experiments were conducted to test hypotheses.
  • Stimuli were presented in various formats across trials.
  • Source memory accuracy was assessed for tested items.

Main Results:

  • Source misattribution occurred even with single items per trial.
  • Misattribution decreased for novel items or those with consistent formats.
  • Misattribution increased when items appeared in multiple formats.

Conclusions:

  • Short-term source amnesia arises from item-specific source misattribution.
  • Conflicting source traces for the same content drive this effect.
  • Source information may exist in an intermediate memory state with weak contextual links.