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ERIC Number: EJ578041
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
When Distinctiveness Fails, False Memories Prevail.
Howe, Mark L.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v71 n2 p170-77 Nov 1998
Notes that fuzzy-trace theory provides a link between indices of memory performance and the theoretical processes that underlie that performance. Author argues false memories can arise because of processes that normally affect forgetting. Maintains that, to the extent that memories lose their distinctive properties, such memories may become confused with events supposed to be recalled as actually having occurred. (LBT)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Evaluative Thinking, Mathematical Models, Memory, Psychological Studies, Recall (Psychology), Recognition (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: False Memories; Fuzzy Trace Theory; Identity (Psychological); Memory Deficits
Note: Comments on article by Brainerd and Reyna (PS 528 672) in this issue.