Memory discrimination for self-performed and imagined acts: Bizarreness effects in false recognition

Two experiments investigated the susceptibility of common and unusual action events to memory distortion under incidental learning and delayed testing conditions. Experiment 1 tested the influence of imaginal and enactment instructions at testing on memory discrimination for self-performed and imagi...

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Published in:The Quarterly journal of experimental psychology. A, Human experimental psychology Human experimental psychology, 2001-02, Vol.54 (1), p.49-67
Main Authors: Worthen, James B., Wood, Virginia V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attention
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Imagination
Learning. Memory
Male
Memory
Mental Recall
Perceptual Distortion
Psycholinguistics
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychomotor Performance
Semantics
Verbal Learning
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Summary:Two experiments investigated the susceptibility of common and unusual action events to memory distortion under incidental learning and delayed testing conditions. Experiment 1 tested the influence of imaginal and enactment instructions at testing on memory discrimination for self-performed and imagined acts. The influence of hypnotic procedures at testing on memory discrimination for action events was tested in Experiment 2. The results of both experiments suggest that the likelihood of confusing details associated with separate, previously experienced unusual action events is greater than the likelihood of confusing details associated with separate, previously experienced common action events. Based on the results of both experiments, it is concluded that bizarreness has both memory-facilitating and memory-inhibiting qualities.
ISSN:0272-4987
1464-0740
DOI:10.1080/02724980042000020