Disentangling the Effects of Backward/Forward Associative Strength and Theme Identifiability in False Memory

  1. María Soledad Beato
  2. Mar Suarez
  3. Sara Cadavid
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915 1886-144X

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 35

Número: 2

Páginas: 178-188

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2022.288 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

Las memorias falsas se han estudiado ampliamente utilizando el paradigma Deese/Roediger-McDermott. A pesar de la robustez del efecto, existe una amplia variabilidad de resultados que todavía no se comprende completamente. Método: tres experimentos examinaron independientemente el papel de la fuerza asociativa inversa (BAS), fuerza asociativa directa (FAS) e identificabilidad del tema (ID) en el reconocimiento falso (RF). Primero, se manipuló el BAS mientras se controló FAS e ID (Experimento 1). Segundo, se manipuló el FAS mientras se controló BAS e ID (Experimento 2). Finalmente, se manipuló ID mientras se controló BAS y FAS (Experimento 3). Se utilizaron análisis frecuentistas y bayesianos. Resultados: el RF fue mayor en las listas de alto que bajo BAS (Experimento 1), y alto que bajo FAS (Experimento 2). En cambio, el RF fue menor en las listas de alto ID que bajo ID (Experimento 3). Conclusiones: tanto BAS como FAS, variables que promueven procesos de inflación del error, pero también ID, quien promueve procesos de edición del error, contribuyen de forma independiente a la producción de memorias falsas. Aislar el papel de estas variables ayuda a comprender la variabilidad de los falsos recuerdos y a extrapolar las tareas DRM para explorar otros dominios cognitivos

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