ABSTRACT One’s concept of the self can act as a schema, in some cases facilitating memory performance but in other cases making memory more prone to errors. In this study, we attempted to induce long-lasting self-reference effects through an autobiographical mode in younger and older adults, as well as patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), predicting that a self-referential mode of thought would benefit memory. Participants first either recalled autobiographical memories or described three neutral photographs in a narrative condition. This was followed by a conventional self-referencing task. At retrieval, participants completed a recognition task. Contrary to our prediction, the self-referencing benefit emerged consistently under autobiographical and narrative modes across all groups. Although our findings indicate that self-referencing can benefit memory, it carries the risk of increasing false alarm rates when induced through an autobiographical mode and consequently the strategy should be utilized with caution.

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自我参照模式对aMCI患者记忆的影响

摘要一个人的自我概念可以作为一种模式，在某些情况下促进记忆性能，但在其他情况下使记忆更容易出错。在这项研究中，我们试图通过自传模式在年轻人和老年人以及遗忘型轻度认知障碍 (aMCI) 患者中诱导持久的自我参照效应，预测自我参照的思维模式将有益于记忆. 参与者首先要么回忆自传记忆，要么在叙事条件下描述三张中性照片。接下来是传统的自参考任务。在检索时，参与者完成了识别任务。与我们的预测相反，自我参照的好处在所有群体的自传和叙事模式下始终如一。