Foreign Language Reduces False Memories by Increasing Memory Monitoring

People have false memories that distort their recollection of past events. Language is an important source of such memories, from providing false inferences to outright misinformation. Here we investigate the impact of using a native or foreign language on bilinguals' susceptibility to false me...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. General 2023-07, Vol.152 (7), p.1967-1977
Main Authors: Grant, Leigh H., Pan, Archer Yue, Huang, Yi, Gallo, David A., Keysar, Boaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bilingual people
Bilingualism
Communication
Confabulation
Decision making
False information
False Memory
False recall
Female
Foreign Languages
Human
Humans
Information processing
Language
Language usage
Literature
Male
Memories
Memory
Mental Recall
Misinformation
Monitoring
Multilingualism
Native Language
Recall
Repression, Psychology
Susceptibility
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