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TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual distinctiveness and the development of children's false memories
AU - Howe, Mark L.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Distinctiveness effects in children's (5-, 7-, and 11-year-olds) false memory illusions were examined using visual materials. In Experiment 1, developmental trends (increasing false memories with age) were obtained using Deese-Roediger-McDermott lists presented as words and color photographs but not line drawings. In Experiment 2, when items were photographed with heterogeneous colored backgrounds, developmental trends were eliminated relative to words and homogeneous backgrounds. Experiments 3 and 4 examined whether the conceptual nature of the background mattered and presented items in neutral (color only), theme-congruent, or theme-incongruent contexts. The results showed that the nature of the context did not matter, only whether the backgrounds were homogeneous or heterogeneous. Apparently, children use distinctive perceptual, but not conceptual, features to attenuate false memory illusions.
AB - Distinctiveness effects in children's (5-, 7-, and 11-year-olds) false memory illusions were examined using visual materials. In Experiment 1, developmental trends (increasing false memories with age) were obtained using Deese-Roediger-McDermott lists presented as words and color photographs but not line drawings. In Experiment 2, when items were photographed with heterogeneous colored backgrounds, developmental trends were eliminated relative to words and homogeneous backgrounds. Experiments 3 and 4 examined whether the conceptual nature of the background mattered and presented items in neutral (color only), theme-congruent, or theme-incongruent contexts. The results showed that the nature of the context did not matter, only whether the backgrounds were homogeneous or heterogeneous. Apparently, children use distinctive perceptual, but not conceptual, features to attenuate false memory illusions.
KW - EVENT PLAUSIBILITY
KW - CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
KW - RECALL
KW - ADULTS
KW - RECOGNITION
KW - PICTURES
KW - SCENES
KW - WORDS
KW - LISTS
KW - NORMS
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01111.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01111.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 79
SP - 65
EP - 79
JO - Child Development
JF - Child Development
SN - 0009-3920
IS - 1
ER -