The face you recognize may not be the one you saw: memory conjunction errors in individuals with or without learning disability.

Full Abstract

Memory conjunction errors, that is, when a combination of two previously presented stimuli is erroneously recognized as previously having been seen, were investigated in a face recognition task with drawings and photographs in 23 individuals with learning disability, and 18 chronologically age-matched controls without learning disability. Compared to the controls, individuals with learning disability committed significantly more conjunction errors, feature errors (one old and one new component), but had lower correct recognition, when the results were adjusted for different guessing levels. A dual-processing approach gained more support than a binding approach. However, neither of the approaches could explain all of the results. The results of the learning disability group were only partly related to non-verbal intelligence.

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Author information

Author/s: Danielsson, Henrik (H); Rönnberg, Jerker (J); Leven, Anna (A); Andersson, Jan (J); Andersson, Karin (K); Lyxell, Björn (B);

Affiliation: The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping, Sweden. henda(-atsign-)ibv.liu.se

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Scandinavian journal of psychology (Scand J Psychol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 47 (issue 3) : pp 177-86

Dates: Created 2006/05/15; Completed 2006/07/27; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16696841, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adult
Analysis of Variance
Face
Female
Humans
Illusions

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