ABSTRACT

This study examined the possibility that moderators of false memories in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm affect the occurrence of false memories in the misinformation paradigm. More precisely, the purpose was to determine to what extent an imaging instruction modulates false memories in the DRM and misinformation paradigms. A sample of young adults was assigned to the DRM or the misinformation tasks, either in control conditions or in conditions including an imaging instruction. Findings revealed that an imaging instruction decreases false memories in DRM whereas there is no evidence about imaging effects in the misinformation task. These observations tally with previous studies, reporting a weak or no correlation between false memories in these paradigms, and are discussed in the light of current theories.

摘要

本研究检验了 Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) 范式中错误记忆的调节者影响错误信息范式中错误记忆发生的可能性。更准确地说，目的是确定成像指令在多大程度上调节 DRM 和错误信息范式中的错误记忆。在控制条件或包括成像指令的条件下，将一个年轻人样本分配给 DRM 或错误信息任务。研究结果表明，成像指令减少了 DRM 中的错误记忆，而没有证据表明错误信息任务中的成像效果。这些观察结果与之前的研究一致，报告了这些范式中错误记忆之间的弱相关或没有相关性，并根据当前理论进行了讨论。