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Digitally manipulating memory : effects of doctored videos and imagination in distorting beliefs and memories

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Nash, Robert Alastair, Wade, Kimberley A. and Lindsay, D. Stephen (2009) Digitally manipulating memory : effects of doctored videos and imagination in distorting beliefs and memories. Memory and Cognition, Vol.37 (No.4). pp. 414-424. doi:10.3758/MC.37.4.414 ISSN 0090-502X.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/MC.37.4.414

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Abstract

In prior research on false autobiographical beliefs and memories, subjects have been asked to imagine fictional events and they have been exposed to false evidence that
indicates the fictional events occurred. But what are the relative contributions of imagination and false evidence toward false belief and memory construction?
Subjects observed and copied various simple actions, then viewed doctored videos that suggested they had performed extra actions, and they imagined performing some of those and some other actions. Subjects returned two weeks later for a memory test. False evidence or imagination alone was often sufficient to cause belief and memory distortions; the two techniques in combination appeared to have
additive or even superadditive effects. The results bear on the mechanisms underlying false beliefs and memories, and we propose legal and clinical applications of these findings.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): False memory syndrome, Autobiographical memory -- Research, Memory, Imagination
Journal or Publication Title: Memory and Cognition
Publisher: Psychonomic Society, Inc.
ISSN: 0090-502X
Official Date: June 2009
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June 2009Published
Volume: Vol.37
Number: No.4
Page Range: pp. 414-424
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.4.414
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)

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