Are mnemonic failures and benefits two sides of the same coin?: Investigating the real-world consequences of individual differences in memory integration.

ABSTRACT: Theories of reconstructive memory have long been influenced by investigations of false recognition errors, in which old/new judgements are compromised by spontaneous activation of associated but nonpresented concepts. Recent evidence similarly suggests that reconstructive memory processes (so-called memory integration) also support positive learning behaviors, such as inferential reasoning. Despite prevailing hypotheses, the question of whether a common integration process underlies these seemingly disparate mnemonic outcomes is not well understood. To address this question, young adults, recruited from two institutions, completed the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (Deese, Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58, 17-22, 1959; Roediger & McDermott, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Mem

SUBMITTER: L Varga N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6534966 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature