There is no item vs. I wish there were an item: Implicit negation causes false recall just as well as explicit negation.

ABSTRACT: When talking about absence, we may express it in a negative statement (using explicit negation e.g. I was not) or in a positive statement (using implicit negation e.g. I wished I were). Previous research has shown that explicitly negated statements may cause false recall-negated items may paradoxically be remembered as present. The current study compares false recall caused by implicit and explicit negation. Participants listened to a recording in which some objects were mentioned as present, some as absent, and some not mentioned at all. The absence of objects was expressed using explicit or implicit negation. Participants' recall of the recording was measured either five minutes or one week after exposure to the recording. Results indicate that implicit and explicit negation lead to a ne

SUBMITTER: Maciuszek J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461274 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature