False memory for pictorial scripted material: the role of distinctiveness and negative emotion

Toffalini, Enrico; Mirandola, Chiara; Irace, Carla De Simone; Altoè, Gianmarco

doi:10.1080/02699931.2020.1749034

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“…Research on false memories and suggestibility are relevant for fields of applied psychology such as forensic interviewing and psychotherapy, where ecological validity is crucial. Studies on false memories in adults usually employ material depicting complex scenarios that often include criminal acts (e.g., [4][5][6][7][8]) or otherwise emotionally charged events (e.g., [2,[9][10][11]). While false memory studies in children are less likely to depict criminal acts [12], they nevertheless employ complex scenarios such as a magic show [13] or a sequence from a children's television series [14], and negatively charged events like an argument or experiencing an invasive medical procedure [9,10,15,16].…”

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Children’s suggestibility for neutral arbitrary actions in the context of norm violations

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Zmyj

2023

PLoS ONE

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This study investigated children’s false memories for neutral arbitrary actions. Five- to six-year-olds (N = 32) were taught four arbitrary actions, each following specific rules. The children then watched a televised adult performing eight actions: the four familiar actions while violating one aspect of each rule script and four unfamiliar actions. Suggestive and non-suggestive questions about all witnessed actions were asked, followed by forced-choice test questions to measure the false memory effect. The likelihood of forming false memories was higher in the suggestive condition than in the non-suggestive condition. There was no effect of previously acquired knowledge about the rules of the actions and no interaction between rule knowledge and suggestion. The results are discussed in light of previous findings in related fields of false memory research.

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