Encoding Perceptual Features in the Deese–Roediger–McDermott Paradigm: Different Consequences for Studied Items and False Memories
Yayoi Kawasaki et al.
What the paper says
Previous studies have shown that the incidence of false memories in the Deese–Roediger–McDermott paradigm is reduced when studied words are accompanied by their pictures or images and also reduced when monitoring activities are enhanced at retrieval. In the present experiment, studied words were accompanied by perceptual features to be learned (word color and location on the screen), and monitoring at retrieval was enhanced by asking participants to recall word location, color, or both features for words identified as old in a recognition test. In contrast to our predictions, we found that recognition of studied words was impaired as more perceptual features to be learned were added, but the number of false memories was not reduced by these additions. We attribute this differential effect to the division of attention at encoding associated with learning perceptual features reducing the subsequent explicit recollection of list items while having no effect on the implicit conceptual representations supporting the false familiarity-based recognition of critical lures. Although the false recognition of critical lures was as high as the correct recognition of studied words in some conditions, vividness ratings were significantly lower for false memories, in line with previous findings.
Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
| M · momentum | 0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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