PMID: 9189980Jun 1, 1997Paper

False recollection induced by photographs: a comparison of older and younger adults

Psychology and Aging
Daniel L SchacterK E Angell

Abstract

Looking at photographs constitutes an important everyday memory activity for older adults. The authors found that reviewing photographs of events seen earlier in a videotape increases the likelihood that both older and younger adults remember specific details from the reviewed event (W. Koutstaal, D. L. Schacter, M. K. Johnson, K. E. Angell, & M. S. Gross, 1977). In the present study, the authors report 2 experiments demonstrating that photo review can also produce false recollection in elderly adults: After reviewing photos of events that had not been shown earlier in a videotape, older but not younger adults were later more likely to "remember" that those events had been shown in the videotape. False recollection induced by photo review appears to reflect an age-related deficit in source-monitoring abilities.

Citations

Feb 19, 2004·European Psychiatry : the Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists·Reinhard HeunWolfgang Grodd
Sep 1, 1997·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·D L SchacterK A Norman
Feb 15, 2013·Psychological Science·Peggy L St Jacques, Daniel L Schacter
Aug 25, 2007·Annual Review of Clinical Psychology·Elizabeth F Loftus, Deborah Davis
Mar 13, 1998·Annual Review of Psychology·D L SchacterW Koutstaal
Sep 26, 2001·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·J M Gardiner

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