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Intuitive thinking predicts false memory formation due to a decrease in inhibitory efficiency

False memory formation is usually studied using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm (DRM), in which individuals incorrectly remember words that were not originally presented. In this paper, we systematically investigated how two modes of thinking (analytical vs. intuitive) can influence the tenden...

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Autores principales: Gronchi, Giorgio, Righi, Stefania, Gavazzi, Gioele, Giganti, Fiorenza, Viggiano, Maria Pia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809292
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1195668
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author Gronchi, Giorgio
Righi, Stefania
Gavazzi, Gioele
Giganti, Fiorenza
Viggiano, Maria Pia
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description False memory formation is usually studied using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm (DRM), in which individuals incorrectly remember words that were not originally presented. In this paper, we systematically investigated how two modes of thinking (analytical vs. intuitive) can influence the tendency to create false memories. The increased propensity of intuitive thinkers to generate more false memories can be explained by one or both of the following hypotheses: a decrease in the inhibition of the lure words that come to mind, or an increased reliance on the familiarity heuristic to determine if the word has been previously studied. In two studies, we conducted tests of both recognition and recall using the DRM paradigm. Our observations indicate that a decrease in inhibitory efficiency plays a larger role in false memory formation compared to the use of the familiarity heuristic.
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spelling pubmed-105568702023-10-07 Intuitive thinking predicts false memory formation due to a decrease in inhibitory efficiency Gronchi, Giorgio Righi, Stefania Gavazzi, Gioele Giganti, Fiorenza Viggiano, Maria Pia Front Psychol Psychology False memory formation is usually studied using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm (DRM), in which individuals incorrectly remember words that were not originally presented. In this paper, we systematically investigated how two modes of thinking (analytical vs. intuitive) can influence the tendency to create false memories. The increased propensity of intuitive thinkers to generate more false memories can be explained by one or both of the following hypotheses: a decrease in the inhibition of the lure words that come to mind, or an increased reliance on the familiarity heuristic to determine if the word has been previously studied. In two studies, we conducted tests of both recognition and recall using the DRM paradigm. Our observations indicate that a decrease in inhibitory efficiency plays a larger role in false memory formation compared to the use of the familiarity heuristic. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10556870/ /pubmed/37809292 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1195668 Text en Copyright © 2023 Gronchi, Righi, Gavazzi, Giganti and Viggiano. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Intuitive thinking predicts false memory formation due to a decrease in inhibitory efficiency
title_full Intuitive thinking predicts false memory formation due to a decrease in inhibitory efficiency
title_fullStr Intuitive thinking predicts false memory formation due to a decrease in inhibitory efficiency
title_full_unstemmed Intuitive thinking predicts false memory formation due to a decrease in inhibitory efficiency
title_short Intuitive thinking predicts false memory formation due to a decrease in inhibitory efficiency
title_sort intuitive thinking predicts false memory formation due to a decrease in inhibitory efficiency
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809292
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1195668
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