A reduction in self-reported confidence accompanies the recall of memories distorted by prototypes.

ABSTRACT: When we recall a past event, we reconstruct the event based on a combination of episodic details and semantic knowledge (e.g., prototypes). Though prototypes can impair the veracity of recall, it remains unclear whether we are metacognitively aware of the distortions they introduce. To address this, we conducted six experiments in which participants learned object-colour/object-location pairs and subsequently recalled the colour/location when cued with the object. Leveraging unsupervised machine learning algorithms, we extracted participant-specific prototypes and embedded responses in two-dimensional space to quantify prototype-based distortions in individual memory traces. Our findings reveal robust and conceptually replicable evidence to suggest that prototype-based distortion is accomp

SUBMITTER: Kerren C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11332036 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature