The role of associative strength in children's false memory illusions |
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| Authors: | Mark L. Howe Marina C. Wimmer Katrina Blease |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Lancaster University , Lancaster, UK mark.howe@lancaster.ac.uk;3. Lancaster University , Lancaster, UK |
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| Abstract: | The effects of associative strength on rates of 7- and 11-year-old children's true and false memories were examined when category and Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) lists were used to cue the same critical lure. Backward associative strength (BAS) was varied such that the category and DRM lists had the same strength (DRM=category), DRM lists had more BAS (DRM>category), or category lists had more BAS (DRM
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| Keywords: | DRM paradigm False memories Associative-activation theory Memory development Children's false memory |
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