Development of the false-memory illusion.

Full Abstract

The counterintuitive developmental trend in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) illusion (that false-memory responses increase with age) was investigated in learning-disabled and nondisabled children from the 6- to 14-year-old age range. Fuzzy-trace theory predicts that because there are qualitative differences in how younger versus older children and disabled versus nondisabled children connect meaning information across the words on DRM lists, certain key effects that are observed in adult studies will be absent in young children and in learning-disabled children. Data on 6 such adult effects (list strength, recall inflation, delayed inflation, delayed stability, thematic intrusion, and true-false dissociation) were used to investigate this hypothesis, and the resulting data were consistent with prediction.

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Author information

Author/s: Brainerd, C J (CJ); Forrest, T J (TJ); Karibian, D (D); Reyna, V F (VF);

Affiliation: Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. cb299(-atsign-)cornell.edu

Grants: 31620 (Agency:PHS HHS) ; P50AT00008 (Agency:NCCAM NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Journal: Developmental psychology (Dev Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Sep; vol 42 (issue 5) : pp 962-79

Dates: Created 2006/09/06; Completed 2007/01/18; Revised 2007/12/03;

PMID: 16953700, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent
Age Factors
Aptitude
Association Learning
Attention
Child
Female
Humans
Illusions
Learning Disorders - diagnosis; psychology

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