Sleep and mindfulness meditation as they relate to false memory

Konjedi, Shaghayegh; Maleeh, Reza

doi:10.1007/s00426-018-1098-0

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“…Altogether, these results suggest that the impact of mindfulness on false memories would depend on the distinctiveness of the studied material. This assumption is in line with the systematic analysis conducted by Konjedi and Maleeh ( 2020 ), suggesting a positive correlation between dispositional mindfulness and perceptual acuity, enhancing the quality and accuracy of encoded information. Thus, by promoting the encoding of perceptual features, mindfulness could improve source-monitoring and memory sensitivity.…”

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“…As suggested by previous studies, the nature of the encoded material must be considered when assessing the impact of mindfulness on false-memory generation. According to the aforementioned studies, our main hypothesis was that employing visual material, contrary to verbal material, should decrease false-memory rate, particularly after a short induction of meditation, as suggested by Konjedi and Maleeh ( 2020 ). In that respect, if mindfulness elicits encoding processes based on external processing or verbatim, the presence of perceptual cues should improve the ability to discriminate studied items from critical items.…”

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Mindfulness and false memories: state and dispositional mindfulness does not increase false memories for naturalistic scenes presented in a virtual environment

Ayache

Abichou

Corte

et al. 2021

Psychological Research

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Mindfulness attracted increased research interests in the last decade, reporting an overall beneficial effect of this practice on cognitive performances. Nevertheless, recently a possible detrimental impact of mindfulness has been underlined. While the effect of mindfulness on memory remains under-explored, recent studies have observed an increased false-memory susceptibility after mindfulness practice. A possible explanatory mechanism has been suggested, related to the nature of the studied material. For semantically related information, mindfulness would increase false memories; however, the addition of rich perceptual information could prevent this detrimental effect. The present study aimed to verify this hypothesis by testing the impact of state mindfulness induced by a short meditation session, and dispositional mindfulness on the production of false memory for pictorial material presented in a complex virtual environment. We employed a virtual reality version of the Deese–Roediger–McDermott paradigm (DRM), a classical protocol to induce false memories. Contrary to previous studies, we did not observe any effect of mindfulness on false or correct memories (free recall and recognition) after a short mindfulness practice session compared to a control condition. Nonetheless, we found a beneficial effect of mindfulness practice on memory sensitivity. Additionally, we reported a positive and negative effect of dispositional mindfulness on memory outcomes. While the Non-Reactivity facet was associated with overall better memory performances, we observed an association between the Acting with Awareness facet and an increased recollection of lures. We discuss these findings in line with a recent proposal on the link between mindfulness and episodic memory.

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confidence: 94%