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Children’s gist-based false memory in working memory tasks.

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: = 33 and 34, respectively, 19 females in both). Short lists of semantically related items specifically tailored for young children were retained over a brief interval. Whether or not the interval was filled with a concurrent task that impeded or not WM maintenance, younger children were as prone to falsely recognize related distractors as their older counterparts in an immediate recognition test, and also in a delayed test. In addition, using the conjoint recognition model of the fuzzy-trace theory, we demonstrated that the retrieval of gist traces of the list themes was responsible for the occurrence of short-term false memories in 4- and 8-year-old children. Gist memory also underpinned the occurrence of false recognition in the delayed test. These findings suggest that young children are as likely to make gist-based false memories as older children in working memory tasks. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Developmental Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/dev0001476

Authors: Manon Rousselle, Marlène Abadie, Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, University of Fribourg

Language: English

Topic: Memory Processes and Influences

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Award: False memories across the lifespan