ERIC Number: EJ755945
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Publication Date: 2007-Mar
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Aging and the Misinformation Effect: A Neuropsychological Analysis
Roediger, Henry L., III; Geraci, Lisa
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v33 n2 p321-334 Mar 2007
Older adults' susceptibility to misinformation in an eyewitness memory paradigm was examined in two experiments. Experiment 1 showed that older adults are more susceptible to interfering misinformation than are younger adults on two different tests (old-new recognition and source monitoring). Experiment 2 examined the extent to which processes associated with frontal lobe functioning underlie older adults' source-monitoring difficulties. Older adults with lower frontal-lobe-functioning scores on neuropsychological tests were particularly susceptible to false memories in the misinformation paradigm. The authors' results agree with data from other false memory paradigms that show greater false recollections in older adults, especially in those who scored poorly on frontal tests. The results support a source-monitoring account of aging and illusory recollection.
Descriptors: Models, Memory, Older Adults, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Scores, Measures (Individuals), Neuropsychology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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