Dewhurst, Stephen A and Barry, Christopher and Swannell, Ellen R and Holmes, Selina J and Bathurst, Gemma L (2007) The effect of divided attention on false memory depends on how memory is tested. Memory & Cognition, 35 (4). pp. 660-667. DOI https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03193304
Dewhurst, Stephen A and Barry, Christopher and Swannell, Ellen R and Holmes, Selina J and Bathurst, Gemma L (2007) The effect of divided attention on false memory depends on how memory is tested. Memory & Cognition, 35 (4). pp. 660-667. DOI https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03193304
Dewhurst, Stephen A and Barry, Christopher and Swannell, Ellen R and Holmes, Selina J and Bathurst, Gemma L (2007) The effect of divided attention on false memory depends on how memory is tested. Memory & Cognition, 35 (4). pp. 660-667. DOI https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03193304
Abstract
In three experiments, we investigated the effects of divided attention on false memory, using the Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants studied six DRM lists with full attention and six in one of two divided-attention conditions (random number generation or digit monitoring). Both divided-attention conditions increased false recall of related words (Experiment 1) but reduced false recognition (Experiment 2). These results were confirmed in Experiment 3, in which the type of secondary task was manipulated within groups. We argue that the increase in false recall with divided attention reflects a change in participants' response criterion, whereas the decrease in false recognition occurs because the secondary tasks prevent participants from generating associates of the words presented at study.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Mental Recall; Attention; Psychological Tests; Repression, Psychology; Recognition, Psychology |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2015 21:38 |
Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 06:08 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/12384 |