No evidence of age-related increases in unconscious plagiarism during free recall

In three experiments younger and older participants took part in a group generation task prior to a delayed recall task. In each, participants were required to recall the items that they had generated, avoiding plagiarism errors. All studies showed the same pattern: older adults did not plagiarise t...

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Published in:Memory (Hove) 2011-07, Vol.19 (5), p.514-528
Main Authors: Perfect, Timothy John, Defeldre, Anne-Catherine, Elliman, Rachel, Dehon, Hedwige
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult. Elderly
Age Factors
Aged
Ageing
aging
Biological and medical sciences
cryptomnesia
cryptomnésie
Developmental psychology
episodic memory
false memory
faux souvenirs
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
inadvertent plagiarism
Instrusions
Male
memory
Mental Recall
mémoire
mémoire épisodique
Plagiarism
plagiat involontaire
Psychologie cognitive & théorique
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Recall
Retention (Psychology)
Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie
Sex Factors
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Unconscious (Psychology)
Unconscious plagiarism
vieillissement
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Summary:In three experiments younger and older participants took part in a group generation task prior to a delayed recall task. In each, participants were required to recall the items that they had generated, avoiding plagiarism errors. All studies showed the same pattern: older adults did not plagiarise their partners any more than younger adults did. However, older adults were more likely than younger adults to intrude with entirely novel items not previously generated by anyone. These findings stand in opposition to the single previous demonstration of age-related increases in plagiarism during recall.
ISSN:0965-8211
1464-0686
1464-0686
DOI:10.1080/09658211.2011.590503