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Retrieval-Induced Forgetting in the Feigning Amnesia for a Crime Paradigm
- Source :
- Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 10 (2019), Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, 10:928. Frontiers Media S.A.
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2019.
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Abstract
- Previous studies demonstrated that, when asked to honestly provide information about a mock crime, former feigners performed worse than those who were requested to confess to this event. Thus, feigning amnesia for a mock crime undermined genuine memory for the same experience. In the present study, we examined whether retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) underlies this memory-undermining effect. After watching a mock crime, participants had to feign amnesia or confess to having committed that crime. Feigners were given retrieval practice instructions (i.e., retrieval-practice group) or no further instructions (i.e., control group). Immediately and 1 day later, all participants had to genuinely report what they remembered about the crime. Although simulators in the retrieval-practice group recalled the largest amount of information as a positive consequence of retrieval, the ratio for crucial crime-related details was lower than that exhibited by both simulators who were given no instructions and confessors. These findings suggest that RIF might play a role in forgetting critical information in claims of crime-related amnesia. Theoretical and practical implications will be discussed. ispartof: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY vol:10 ispartof: location:Switzerland status: published
- Subjects :
- INFORMATION
POWER
lcsh:BF1-990
INHIBITION
Social Sciences
Amnesia
feigning amnesia
050105 experimental psychology
EYEWITNESS-MEMORY
03 medical and health sciences
CONSEQUENCE
0302 clinical medicine
Malingering
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
medicine
Psychology
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
memory errors
Practical implications
General Psychology
Original Research
INTERFERENCE
Forgetting
retrieval-induced forgetting
Memory errors
Recall
SIMULATING AMNESIA
05 social sciences
RECALL
medicine.disease
inhibition
Eyewitness memory
lcsh:Psychology
Retrieval-induced forgetting
medicine.symptom
malingering
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16641078
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6738d1716a7e225a37c1664136c0226c