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The Importance Of Material-Processing Interactions In Inducing False Memories, Jason C.K. Chan, Kathleen B. Mcdermott, Jason M. Watson, David A. Gallo
The Importance Of Material-Processing Interactions In Inducing False Memories, Jason C.K. Chan, Kathleen B. Mcdermott, Jason M. Watson, David A. Gallo
Jason C.K. Chan
Deep encoding, relative to shallow encoding, has been shown to increase the probability of false memories in the Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm (Thapar & McDermott, 2001; Toglia, Neuschatz, & Goodwin, 1999). In two experiments, we showed important limitations on the generalizability of this phenomenon; these limitations are clearly predicted by existing theories regarding the mechanisms underlying such false memories (e.g., Roediger, Watson, McDermott, & Gallo, 2001). Specifically, asking subjects to attend to phonological relations among lists of phonologically associated words (e.g.,weep, steep, etc.) increased the likelihood of false recall (Experiment 1) and false recognition (Experiment 2) of a related, nonpresented associate …