Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-31-2021
School
Psychology
Abstract
The use of list-learning paradigms to explore false memory has revealed several critical findings about the contributions of similarity and relatedness in memory phenomena more broadly. Characterizing the nature of “similarity and relatedness” can inform researchers about factors contributing to memory distortions and about the underlying associative and semantic networks that support veridical memory. Similarity can be defined in terms of semantic properties (e.g., shared conceptual and taxonomic features), lexical/associative properties (e.g., shared connections in associative networks), or structural properties (e.g., shared orthographic or phonological features). By manipulating the type of list and its relationship to a non-studied critical item, we review the effects of these types of similarity on veridical and false memory. All forms of similarity reviewed here result in reliable error rates and the effects on veridical memory are variable. The results across a variety of paradigms and tests provide partial support for a number of theoretical explanations of false memory phenomena, but none of the theories readily account for all results.
Publication Title
Frontiers in Psychology
Volume
12
Recommended Citation
Coane, J.,
McBride, D.,
Huff, M.,
Chang, K.,
Marsh, E.,
Smith, K.
(2021). Manipulations of List Type in the DRM Paradigm: A Review of How Structural and Conceptual Similarity Affect False Memory. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/18845
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© Frontiers in Psychology. First published by Frontiers Media at 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.668550.