Not sensitive, yet less biased: A signal detection theory perspective on mindfulness, attention, and recognition memory

Rosenstreich, Eyal; Ruderman, Lital

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2016.05.007

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“…Using measures of encoding, participants' memories did not differ as a function of condition at the immediate biasing interview, suggesting that the effect of mindfulness did not play a significant role in memory encoding. This result is in line with Rosenstreich and Ruderman ()'s proposition that mindfulness practice is more likely to affect memory in the decision‐making process at retrieval instead of encoding. From a cognitive perspective, memories are derived from various sources, such as imagination, TV, other people's suggestions, and real‐life experiences.…”

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The influence of mindfulness on young adolescents' eyewitness memory and suggestibility

Zhang

Hanceroglu

et al. 2018

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Recent research has linked mindfulness to adults' false memory formation. This study investigated the effects of mindfulness on adolescents' event memory and suggestibility by using an "extensive" 8-week mindfulness program, an active control group, and a participatory to-be-remembered event. Students aged 13 to 14 were randomly assigned to a mindfulness or active control condition (socioemotional learning). After the seventh week, students participated in a target event and were immediately interviewed during which misleading information was presented. A week later, those in the mindfulness condition incorrectly reported more false information compared with those in the control group. Mindful practice did not affect memory encoding but had a negative effect during retention and retrieval. These findings suggest that adolescents who are exposed to mindfulness exercises may be susceptible to memory intrusions. Professionals should therefore be especially careful to avoid using suggestive and leading questions during investigative interviews with mindful adolescents.

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The influence of mindfulness on young adolescents' eyewitness memory and suggestibility

Zhang

Hanceroglu

et al. 2018

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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“…We focused on acting with awareness (Brown & Ryan, 2003) as the mindfulness facet particularly important for recollection. Because previous studies found effects of dispositional mindfulness only on familiarity, but not on recollection (Rosenstreich & Ruderman, 2016;, and state mindfulness was associated with remembering accuracy in at least one study (Brown et al, 2016), we decided to investigate the latter.…”

Section: Mindfulness and Episodic Memorymentioning

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The Relationship Between Mindfulness, Cognitive Intrusions, and Recollection: An ERP Study

Jankowski¹,

Stróżak²

2019

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“…Mindfulness meditation has been associated with improvements in cognitive abilities (Chiesa et al, 2011) and memory (Levi & Rosenstreich, 2019), all mainly due to fostering of sustained attention and reduction in mind‐wandering (e.g., Mrazek et al, 2012; Tang et al, 2007). Specific to brief meditative practices, mindfulness training has been linked to improved long delay free recall (but not long delay cued recall), better object recognition memory, and recognition memory in a word task (Brown et al, 2016; Rosenstreich & Ruderman, 2016), and better source monitoring of misinformation (Alberts et al, 2017) and memory recall (Hammond et al, 2006) in the eyewitness process. Moreover, a single mindfulness meditative session has been shown to improve short‐term memory for faces (Youngs et al, 2020), recall of novel words (Alberts & Thewissen, 2011; Bonamo et al, 2015), attention to and memory of visual and auditory stimuli (Campillo et al, 2018) and fewer false memories in word tasks (Calvillo et al, 2018; Lloyd et al, 2016; but see Rosenstreich, 2016).…”

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Mindfulness in face recognition: Embedding mindfulness instructions in the face‐composite construction process

Giannou

Frowd

Taylor

et al. 2021

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Meditative mindfulness practices, promoting sustained attention and reducing mind-wandering, have been associated with improvements in cognitive abilities and memory. The present study explored whether a non-meditative practice could be successfully applied in a forensic application; specifically, whether mindfulness instructions can be embedded in the face-composite construction process to facilitate identification. Twenty participants, who were not football fans, were asked to memorise an unfamiliar footballer's face and return 24 hr later to construct a face using the self-administered EvoFIT facial composite system. In the experimental condition, mindfulness instructions were embedded in the EvoFIT system, encouraging witnesses to focus on the target face and the process; in the control condition, participants constructed the face using the standard EvoFIT system. Naming of the composites was attempted by 24 football fans, who each viewed 10 composites, five from each condition, and then the target footballer images to ensure they were familiar with the identities. Results showed significantly higher levels of correct naming for composites constructed using EvoFIT with mindfulness instructions compared to using the standard EvoFIT. These findings indicate the potential for non-meditative mindfulness instructions to assist face-composite construction, improving correct naming of ensuing composites.

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Not sensitive, yet less biased: A signal detection theory perspective on mindfulness, attention, and recognition memory

Cited by 25 publications

References 34 publications

The influence of mindfulness on young adolescents' eyewitness memory and suggestibility

The influence of mindfulness on young adolescents' eyewitness memory and suggestibility

The Relationship Between Mindfulness, Cognitive Intrusions, and Recollection: An ERP Study

Mindfulness in face recognition: Embedding mindfulness instructions in the face‐composite construction process

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