TY - JOUR
T1 - The production of spontaneous false memories across childhood
AU - Otgaar, H.P.
AU - Howe, M.L.
AU - Peters, M.
AU - Smeets, T.
AU - Moritz, S.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - We found evidence that the usual developmental trends in children's spontaneous false memories were eliminated using novel stimuli containing obvious themes. That is, children created more false memories than adults when scenes needed to be remembered. In Experiment 1, 7- and 8-year-olds had higher false memory rates than adults when using visual scenes. Experiment 2 showed that gist cuing could not account for this effect. In Experiment 3, children and adults received visual scenes and story contexts in which these scenes were embedded. For both types of stimuli, we found that children had the highest false memory rates. Our results indicate that the underlying theme of these scenes is easily identified, resulting in our developmental false memory trend.
AB - We found evidence that the usual developmental trends in children's spontaneous false memories were eliminated using novel stimuli containing obvious themes. That is, children created more false memories than adults when scenes needed to be remembered. In Experiment 1, 7- and 8-year-olds had higher false memory rates than adults when using visual scenes. Experiment 2 showed that gist cuing could not account for this effect. In Experiment 3, children and adults received visual scenes and story contexts in which these scenes were embedded. For both types of stimuli, we found that children had the highest false memory rates. Our results indicate that the underlying theme of these scenes is easily identified, resulting in our developmental false memory trend.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.11.019
DO - 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.11.019
M3 - Article
C2 - 24448519
SN - 0022-0965
VL - 121
SP - 28
EP - 41
JO - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
IS - May
ER -