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- A translation of Binet and Henri's 1894 paper explores the role of suggestibility in memory, highlighting Binet's contributions to psychological experiments beyond his IQ test.
- Binet's study used three types of suggestion—indirect, direct, and collective—to investigate how these influence false recognitions in memory recall.
- The commentary emphasizes the enduring relevance of Binet's work, linking it to contemporary research on misinformation, conformity, and the social dynamics of memory.
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We provide a translation of Binet and Henri's pioneering 1894 paper on the influence of suggestibility on memory. Alfred Binet (1857-1911) is famous as the author who created the IQ test that bears his name, but he is almost unknown as the psychological investigator who generated numerous original experiments and fascinating results in the study of memory. His experiments published in 1894 manipulated suggestibility in several ways to determine effects on remembering. Three particular modes of suggestion were employed to induce false recognitions: (1) indirect suggestion by a preconceived idea; (2) direct suggestion; and (3) collective suggestion. In the commentary we suggest that Binet and Henri's (1894) paper written over 115 years ago is still highly relevant even today. In particular, Binet's legacy lives on in modern research on misinformation effects in memory, in studies of conformity, and in experiments on the social contagion of memory.
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