Relatively little attention has been paid to the potential role that reflecting on the meaning and implications of suggested events (i.e., conceptual elaboration) might play in promoting the creation of false memories. Two experiments assessed whether encouraging repeated conceptual elaboration, would, like perceptual elaboration, increase false memory for suggested events. Results showed that conceptual elaboration of suggested events more often resulted in high confidence false memories (Experiment 1) and false memories that were accompanied by the phenomenal experience of remembering them (Experiment 2) than did surface-level processing. Moreover, conceptual elaboration consistently led to higher rates of false memory than did perceptual elaboration. The false memory effects that resulted from conceptual elaboration were highly dependent on the organization of the postevent interview questions, such that conceptual elaboration only increased false memory beyond surface level processing when participants evaluated both true and suggested information in relation to the same theme or dimension.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981863 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2010.09.004 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Returning to Work After Cancer Treatment: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study Guided by Transitions Theory.
Cancer Nurs
January 2025
Author Affiliations: School of Nursing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (Drs Galica and Alsius and Ms Walker); Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston General Hospital Site and the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario (Ms Stark and Dr Booth); College of Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals (Mr Noor); Providence Care Hospital (Dr Kain); and Department of Oncology, Queen's University (Dr Booth), Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Patient Partner (Ms Wickenden), Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Background: Although many individuals return to work after cancer treatment, supports to facilitate this transition are ineffective or lacking. Transitions Theory can be useful to conceptually explain the transition back to work after cancer; however, no known studies have used Transitions Theory to empirically examine this transition.
Objective: To explore how and why Transition Theory concepts can be used to understand individuals' transition back to work after cancer treatment.
Self-Diagnosed Cases of Dissociative Identity Disorder on Social Media: Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment.
Harv Rev Psychiatry
January 2025
From School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales (Dr. Salter); Department of Psychology, Towson University (Dr. Brand); Harvard Medical School (Dr. Robinson); School of Medicine, University of Maryland (Dr. Loewenstein); The Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence, Towson, MD (Dr. Silberg); Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University (Dr. Korzekwa).
Recent global popularity of social media content about dissociative identity disorder (DID) has coincided with increased self-diagnosis among children and young people who have formed large online communities and presented in clinical settings seeking to affirm their self-diagnoses. We situate this phenomenon within a broader trend toward self-diagnosis due to the widespread visibility and accessibility of mental health content on social media. Social media propelled self-diagnosis raises particular questions for the study and treatment of DID due to long-standing debates over whether the condition is traumagenic, sociogenic, or iatrogenic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNuclear pore permeability and fluid flow are modulated by its dilation state.
Mol Cell
December 2024
Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Electronic address:
Changing environmental conditions necessitate rapid adaptation of cytoplasmic and nuclear volumes. We use the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, known for its ability to tolerate extreme changes in osmolarity, to assess which role nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) play in achieving nuclear volume adaptation and relieving mechanical stress. We capitalize on the unique properties of D.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA general analogy mass-spring system analytical model for sound reduction of side-branch resonators.
J Acoust Soc Am
December 2024
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
This study introduces a general analytical model designed to predict the sound reduction frequency of side-branch resonators, regardless of their geometric shapes. Grounded in a continuous analogy mass-spring system, we conceptualize the air within the branch cavity of the resonator as a series of infinitesimal continuous air layers. Each air layer is represented as a mass-spring unit, influenced by the pressure distribution inside the branch cavity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnti-amyloid treatments in Alzheimer's disease: elegance, evidence and ethics.
Adv Clin Exp Med
December 2024
NeuroActiva, Inc., San Jose, USA.
The so-called "amyloid cascade hypothesis" provides an elegant explanation of Alzheimer's disease (AD), has motivated the amyloid-lowering therapeutic strategy, and led to the elaboration of a rich experimental and conceptual toolkit for the field to progress. But it might be incorrect. The scientific evidence base supporting the efficacy and safety of current anti-amyloid antibody treatments in AD is weak.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!