[en] This study examined the influence of emotional valence on the production of DRM false memories (Roediger & McDermott, 1995). Participants were presented with neutral, positive or negative DRM lists for a later recognition (Experiment 1) or recall (Experiment 2) test. In both experiments, confidence and recollective experience (i.e., “Remember-Know” judgements; Tulving, 1985) were also assessed. Results consistently showed that, compared with neutral lists, affective lists induced more false recognition and recall of non presented critical lures. Moreover, although confidence ratings did not differ between the false remembering from the different kinds of lists, “Remember” responses were more often associated with negative than positive and neutral false remembering of the critical lures. In contrast, positive false remembering of the critical lures was more often associated with “Know” responses. These results are discussed in light of the Paradoxical Negative Emotion (PNE) hypothesis (Porter et al., 2008).
Research center :
Centre de Neurosciences Cognitives et Comportementales - ULiège
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Dehon, Hedwige ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychologie cognitive
Laroi, Frank ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Language :
English
Title :
Emotion and false memories: affective valence influences participant’s susceptibility to false memories and illusory recollection.
Alternative titles :
[en] Emotion et faux souvenirs: la valence affective affecte la susceptibilité des individus aux faux souvenirs et aux recollections illusoires
Publication date :
2010
Journal title :
Emotion
ISSN :
1528-3542
eISSN :
1931-1516
Publisher :
American Psychological Association, Washington, United States - District of Columbia
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