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ArticleApplied cognitive psychology

The Potential for False Memories is Bigger than What Brewin and Andrews Suggest.

Henry Otgaar, Harald Merckelbach, Marko Jelicic, Tom Smeets

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Article in Applied cognitive psychology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Belief in Unconscious Repressed Memory Persists.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2021
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  2. The Return of the Repressed: The Persistent and Problematic Claims of Long-Forgotten Trauma.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2019
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  3. What Drives False Memories in Psychopathology? A Case for Associative Activation.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Henry OtgaarForensic Psychology Section, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands.
Harald MerckelbachForensic Psychology Section, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands.
Marko JelicicForensic Psychology Section, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands.
Tom SmeetsForensic Psychology Section, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience Maastricht University Maastricht The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brewin and Andrews (2016) reviewed the literature on false memory propensity for childhood events. In this commentary, we critically evaluate their basic claim that proneness to false memories of childhood experiences is more limited than has been articulated in the literature. We show that Brewin and Andrews were selective in their inclusion of false memory studies, thereby ignoring relevant research related to autobiographical false memories. Equally important, and in contrast to what Brewin and Andrews claim, we show that implanted false memories elicited by misinformation are characterized by high confidence.

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PMID30122805
PMCPMC6084313

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