Research article summary (published 29 Jun 2007):

Analyzing false memories in children with associative lists specific for their age.

Full Abstract

Two experiments attempted to resolve previous contradictory findings concerning developmental trends in false memories within the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm by using an improved methodology--constructing age-appropriate associative lists. The research also extended the DRM paradigm to preschoolers. Experiment 1 (N=320) included children in three age groups (preschoolers of 3-4 years, second-graders of 7-8 years, and preadolescents of 11-12 years) and adults, and Experiment 2 (N=64) examined preschoolers and preadolescents. Age-appropriate lists increased false recall. Although preschoolers had fewer false memories than the other age groups, they showed considerable levels of false recall when tested with age-appropriate materials. Results were discussed in terms of fuzzy-trace, source-monitoring, and activation frameworks.

Author information

Author/s: Carneiro, Paula (P); Albuquerque, Pedro (P); Fernandez, Angel (A); Esteves, Francisco (F);

Affiliation: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Departamento de Psicologia, Lisboa, Portugal. mpcarneiro(-atsign-)usal.es

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Child development (Child Dev), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2007 Jul-Aug; vol 78 (issue 4) : pp 1171-85

Dates: Created 2007/07/25; Completed 2007/10/18;

PMID: 17650132, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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Adolescent Adult Age Factors Association Learning Child Child, Preschool Female

Free Association Humans Male Repression Semantics Serial Learning Verbal Learning

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