Reduction of the misinformation effect by arousal induced after learning

English, Shaun M.; Nielson, Kristy A.

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2010.08.014

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“…Effects on information processing are confounded with effects on consolidation and retrieval. In accordance with the present results, English and Nielson (2010) recently found reduced susceptibility to the misinformation effect (i.e., memory distortion due to misleading postevent information; Loftus, 2005) with high arousal. After a 1-week delay, false memories were less likely when a highly arousing stimulus had followed the provision of misleading information.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Mood and the DRM paradigm: An investigation of the effects of valence and arousal on false memory

Damme

2013

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Recent studies regarding the effect of mood on the DRM (Deese-Roediger-McDermott) illusion have not been able to clearly establish yet whether valence or arousal is most critical in determining susceptibility to false memories, nor what the underlying processes are. In three experiments, both the valence and the level of arousal of participants' mood were manipulated. Six conditions were used: positive mood with high/low arousal, negative mood with high/low arousal, neutral mood, and a control condition. Memory was tested by means of immediate and delayed recognition and immediate free recall. The mood induction procedure was effective. For recognition memory, there was an effect of arousal on the endorsement of critical lures. Low-arousal moods elicited more false recognition than high-arousal moods, regardless of valence. Based on signal detection analyses, the effect was attributed to more liberal response criteria with low arousal, in combination with a tendency towards improved item-specific memory with high arousal.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Mood and the DRM paradigm: An investigation of the effects of valence and arousal on false memory

Damme

2013

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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“…In this research, after the original material and the misinformation, the participants watched a fi lm clip, which in one group was arousing (a live-action oral surgery), in the other was neutral. English and Nielson (2010) found that when tested for the memory of the original event one week later, the participants who watched the arousing clip yielded to signifi cantly fewer misinformation items than the group who did not watch the arousing clip.…”

Section: Reducing Misinformation Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In just one research it turned out that arousal induced after presenting misinformation may inoculate against it (English & Nielson, 2010). In this research, after the original material and the misinformation, the participants watched a fi lm clip, which in one group was arousing (a live-action oral surgery), in the other was neutral.…”

Section: Reducing Misinformation Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Promoting eyewitness testimony quality: Warning vs. reinforced self-affirmation as methods of reduction of the misinformation effect

Szpitalak¹,

Polczyk²

2013

Polish Psychological Bulletin

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“…People also think about and recount emotional events more often than neutral events. Each of these processes enhances memory for emotional information (Laney, Campbell, Heuer, & Reisberg, 2004;Levine & Edelstein, 2009) and can reduce people's susceptibility to false memories (English & Nielson, 2010).…”

Section: Emotional Arousal and Memorymentioning

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Emotion and False Memory

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Emotional memories are vivid and lasting but not necessarily accurate. Under some conditions, emotion even increases people's susceptibility to false memories. This review addresses when and why emotion leaves people vulnerable to misremembering events. Recent research suggests that pregoal emotions-those experienced before goal attainment or failure (e.g., hope, fear)-narrow the scope of people's attention to information that is central to their goals. This narrow focus can impair memory for peripheral details, leaving people vulnerable to misinformation concerning those details. In contrast, postgoal emotions-those experienced after goal attainment or failure (e.g., happiness, sadness)-broaden the scope of attention leaving people more resistant to misinformation. Implications for legal contexts, such as emotion-related errors in eyewitness testimony, are discussed.

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Reduction of the misinformation effect by arousal induced after learning

Cited by 20 publications

References 32 publications

Mood and the DRM paradigm: An investigation of the effects of valence and arousal on false memory

Mood and the DRM paradigm: An investigation of the effects of valence and arousal on false memory

Promoting eyewitness testimony quality: Warning vs. reinforced self-affirmation as methods of reduction of the misinformation effect

Emotion and False Memory

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