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  • Title: The corrective effects of warning on false memories in the DRM paradigm are limited to full attention conditions.
    Author: Peters MJ, Jelicic M, Gorski B, Sijstermans K, Giesbrecht T, Merckelbach H.
    Journal: Acta Psychol (Amst); 2008 Oct; 129(2):308-14. PubMed ID: 18804192.
    Abstract:
    Effects of attention control and forewarning on the activation and monitoring of experimentally induced false memories in the Deese/Roediger-McDermott paradigm were investigated in a young adult sample (N=77). We found that reducing the degree of attention during encoding led to a decrease in veridical recall and an increase in non-presented critical lure intrusions. This effect could not be counteracted by a forewarning instruction. However, these findings did not emerge in a (retrieval supportive) recognition task. It seems that divided attention increases false recall when attention control and forewarning have to compete for limited cognitive resources in a generative free recall as opposed to a retrieval supportive recognition task. Forewarning instructions do not always protect young adults against experimentally induced false memories.
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