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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Jordan D. Chamberlain, Caitlin R. Bowman, Nancy A. Dennis
Summary: Typical aging is associated with increased false memory rates among older adults. This study used encoding-retrieval similarity (ERS) analyses to investigate the impact of age on neural pattern similarity between memory phases and its contribution to false memory rates. The results showed that single-item ERS for targets and lures was reduced with age in the ventral visual stream and posterior hippocampus. Additionally, ERS associated with perceptual lures in the visual stream had differential relationships with false memory. However, a global ERS metric accounted for age deficits in single-item ERS but did not contribute to false memory rates.
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
(2022)
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Neurosciences
Devyn E. Smith, Isabelle L. Moore, Nicole M. Long
Summary: This study identifies brain states using scalp EEG from male and female human subjects and shows the extent to which temporal overlap promotes interference and induces retrieval. Greater temporal overlap leads to impaired memory for the past event selectively when the top-down goal is to encode the present event. Additionally, greater temporal overlap leads to automatic retrieval of a past event, independent of top-down goals. These findings provide insight into the role of temporal overlap on interference and memory formation.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Maria Soledad Beato, Mar Suarez, Sara Cadavid, Pedro B. Albuquerque
Summary: False memories have been extensively studied using the DRM paradigm, but less is known about false memories in different language conditions. This review aims to provide an overview of research on false recognition in between-language conditions. The results reveal a language dominance effect in between-language false memories.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Victoria I. Nicholls, Jan M. Wiener, Andrew Isaac Meso, Sebastien Miellet
Summary: As we age, many abilities decline, including executive functioning which affects older adults' decision-making when crossing the road. However, older adults with maintained executive functioning sample visual information and make road crossing decisions similar to younger adults. Environmental constraints and executive functioning abilities interact with aging to influence the performance of the road-crossing task.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Sydney Trask, Fred J. Helmstetter
Summary: The rat retrosplenial cortex (RSC) plays a critical role in learning and memory. This study provides evidence that inhibition of cells in the posterior RSC during pre-exposure to a training context reduces behavioral responding during subsequent memory tests. Inhibition of either anterior or posterior RSC during shock delivery impairs memory, and inhibiting cellular activity in the posterior RSC during memory retrieval reduces responding. These findings demonstrate the importance of the posterior RSC in memory formation, retrieval, and expression of contextual information.
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Marie Mazerolle, Amy M. Smith, McKinzey Torrance, Ayanna K. Thomas
Summary: This review examines the impact of age-based stereotype threat on memory distortion in older adults. While some studies support the role of stereotype threat in memory distortion, others show little to no impact. The review argues that ABST plays an important role in age-related changes in memory distortion, and discusses possible reconciliations for discrepancies in the literature.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Susana Carnero-Sierra, Julio Menor
Summary: Research has shown that false memories can be created through social contagion, without the physical presence of others, and there is no significant difference in the impact of false memories between young and older adults.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Alexis C. Carpenter, Preston P. Thakral, Alison R. Preston, Daniel L. Schacter
Summary: Successful inference can alter representations of overlapping events and lead to false memories by integrating features associated with overlapping events in memory. This integration can result in misattribution of contextual details across related events.
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Psychology, Experimental
Fabiana Battista, Henry Otgaar, Ivan Mangiulli, Antonietta Curci
Summary: Recent studies have shown that lying can impact memory, particularly depending on individuals' Executive Functions (EF). This study aimed to investigate how two deceptive strategies (false denials and fabrications) affect memory, with a focus on individual differences in EFs. The findings suggest that memory after lying is especially related to individuals' Shifting resources, with denials affecting memory for the interview and fabrications affecting memory for the event. These results could be useful for legal professionals in assessing witnesses' credibility based on EF assessments.
Article
Neurosciences
Loris Naspi, Paul Hoffman, Barry Devereux, Alexa M. Morcom
Summary: The study found that both visual and semantic processing are crucial for accurate memory encoding, with neural patterns corresponding to low-level visual representations and fine-grained semantic feature representations predicting true recognition. Different representations in the brain contribute to successful memory encoding and avoiding false recognition errors.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Soroush Mirjalili, Patrick Powell, Jonathan Strunk, Taylor James, Audrey Duarte
Summary: Episodic memories contain both simple and complex features, which are successfully encoded and recognized in different temporal orders, with simple features being processed earlier than complex features. These processes are influenced by attention and remain consistent across different age groups.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Claire Pauley, Verena R. Sommer, Malte Kobelt, Attila Keresztes, Markus Werkle-Bergner, Myriam C. Sander
Summary: One important factor contributing to age-related memory decline is the loss of distinctiveness with which information is represented in brain activity. This can be driven by neural attenuation or neural broadening. In this fMRI study, age differences in neural selectivity during encoding, recognition, and repeated encoding were assessed, with a focus on underlying patterns. The findings suggest that intrinsic differences between memory stages may interact with neural activity to manifest as either neural broadening or attenuation. Despite these differential patterns, neural selectivity remains highly correlated across memory stages, indicating the presence of a common mechanism.
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Christopher R. Madan, Marcia L. Spetch, Fernanda M. D. S. Machado, Alice Mason, Elliot A. Ludvig
Summary: Both memory and choice are influenced by context. In the study, it was found that risky choices were context dependent, with individuals choosing differently depending on outcomes experienced in that context. Memory tests showed biases specific to distinct contexts, challenging theories of choice that rely on retrieval as guiding choice.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Tom Zalmenson, Omer Azriel, Yair Bar-Haim
Summary: This study investigates the role of attention in memory for disgusting facial expressions. Contrary to previous beliefs, attention was found to have a limited role in the memory advantage of these expressions. Disgusted faces were better remembered than neutral faces, indicating that attention is not crucial for facial expression memory.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Maria J. Maraver, Ana Lapa, Leonel Garcia-Marques, Paula Carneiro, Ana Raposo
Summary: This study investigated the influence of imaginal encoding with pragmatic inferences on false memories, revealing that imagination instructions can enhance memory performance and reduce the occurrence of false memories.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Cheryl L. Grady, Gigi Luk, Fergus I. M. Craik, Ellen Bialystok
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Jing Feng, HeeSun Choi, Fergus I. M. Craik, Brian Levine, Sylvain Moreno, Gary Naglie, Motao Zhu
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(2018)
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Morris Freedman, Suvarna Alladi, Howard Chertkow, Ellen Bialystok, Fergus I. M. Craik, Natalie A. Phillips, Vasanta Duggirala, Surampudi Bapi Raju, Thomas H. Bak
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(2014)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Lynn Ossher, Ellen Bialystok, Fergus I. M. Craik, Kelly J. Murphy, Angela K. Troyer
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(2013)
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Behavioral Sciences
Fergus I. M. Craik, Morgan D. Barense, Clare J. Rathbone, Joan E. Grusec, Donald T. Stuss, Fuqiang Gao, Christopher J. M. Scott, Sandra E. Black
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Psychology, Clinical
Ellen Bialystok, Fergus I. M. Craik, Malcolm A. Binns, Lynn Ossher, Morris Freedman
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Fergus I. M. Craik
Summary: The article reviews empirical and theoretical work on the effects of environmental support and self-initiated activities on memory in older adults. It discusses the concept of schematic support from the person's knowledge base and the importance of executive processes in reducing age-related memory deficits. It concludes that self-initiated control processes, combined with information from the environment and the person's knowledge base, can improve encoding and retrieval processing in older adults.
EXPERIMENTAL AGING RESEARCH
(2022)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Experimental
Fergus I. M. Craik
Summary: This commentary responds to Popov and Dames' (2022) article on the intentional versus incidental learning paradox in episodic long-term memory. The authors question the belief that intention to learn does not contribute significantly to subsequent retention once adequate processing has occurred incidentally. Contrary to this view, Popov and Dames argue that intention to learn is crucial for memory performance, providing evidence from 11 experiments using mixed-list designs. The commentary suggests that intentionality leads to greater item processing and organizational processing in mixed lists, resulting in higher recall levels.
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Fergus I. M. Craik, Eldar Eftekhari, Ellen Bialystok, Nicole D. Anderson
PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING
(2018)
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Psychology, Experimental
Fergus I. M. Craik, Ellen Bialystok, Susan Gillingham, Donald T. Stuss
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(2018)
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Psychology, Experimental
Nathan S. Rose, Lin Luo, Ellen Bialystok, Alexandra Hering, Karen Lau, Fergus I. M. Craik
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(2015)
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Psychology, Experimental
Nathan S. Rose, Bradley R. Buchsbaum, Fergus I. M. Craik
MEMORY & COGNITION
(2014)
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Gerontology
Stacey L. Danckert, Fergus I. M. Craik
PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING
(2013)
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Gerontology
Lin Luo, Fergus I. M. Craik, Sylvain Moreno, Ellen Bialystok
PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING
(2013)
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Psychology, Clinical
April Au, Susan Vandermorris, Peter G. Rendell, Fergus I. M. Craik, Angela K. Troyer
CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST
(2018)