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False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals.


ABSTRACT: The recent identification of highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) raised the possibility that there may be individuals who are immune to memory distortions. We measured HSAM participants' and age- and sex-matched controls' susceptibility to false memories using several research paradigms. HSAM participants and controls were both susceptible to false recognition of nonpresented critical lure words in an associative word-list task. In a misinformation task, HSAM participants showed higher overall false memory compared with that of controls for details in a photographic slideshow. HSAM participants were equally as likely as controls to mistakenly report they had seen nonexistent footage of a plane crash. Finding false memories in a superior-memory group suggests that malleable reconstructive mechanisms may be fundamental to episodic remembering. Paradoxically, HSAM individuals may retrieve abundant and accurate autobiographical memories using fallible reconstructive processes.

SUBMITTER: Patihis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3876244 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals.

Patihis Lawrence L   Frenda Steven J SJ   LePort Aurora K R AK   Petersen Nicole N   Nichols Rebecca M RM   Stark Craig E L CE   McGaugh James L JL   Loftus Elizabeth F EF  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20131118 52


The recent identification of highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) raised the possibility that there may be individuals who are immune to memory distortions. We measured HSAM participants' and age- and sex-matched controls' susceptibility to false memories using several research paradigms. HSAM participants and controls were both susceptible to false recognition of nonpresented critical lure words in an associative word-list task. In a misinformation task, HSAM participants showed highe  ...[more]

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