Minding the source: The impact of mindfulness on source monitoring

Hugo J. E. M. Alberts; Henry Otgaar; Janice Kalagi

doi:10.1111/lcrp.12102

Minding the source: The impact of mindfulness on source monitoring

Hugo J. E. M. Alberts^*, Henry Otgaar, Janice Kalagi

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Abstract

Purpose This study addressed the impact of mindfulness on source monitoring. MethodsParticipants engaged in a brief mindfulness meditation or received no intervention. Next, all participants watched a video of a crime and were then exposed to misinformation regarding this video. Using a source monitoring test, participants' memory performance was measured. ResultsParticipants who performed the mindfulness meditation showed better source monitoring compared to controls. Mindfulness practice was not found to enhance memory performance. ConclusionsMindfulness practice may entail an effective way to circumvent memory distortions due to incorrect source monitoring.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	302-313
Number of pages	12
Journal	Legal and Criminological Psychology
Volume	22
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12102
Publication status	Published - Sept 2017

Keywords

source monitoring
memory
mindfulness
meditation

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