This article reviews research using the Deese/Roediger—McDermott (DRM) associative
memory illusion, whereby people falsely remember words that were not presented. This …

There has been unprecedented interest in recent years in questions pertaining to accuracy
and distortion in memory. This interest, catalyzed in part by real-life problems, marks a …

Humans have a massive capacity to store detailed information in visual long-term memory.
The present studies explored the fidelity of these visual long-term memory representations …

Abstract In the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm, subjects study lists of words
that are designed to elicit the recall of an associatively related critical item. The 55 lists we …

Findings from research on false memory have major implications for a number of fields
central to human welfare, such as medicine and law. Although many important conclusions …

The last decade has seen a flurry of experimental research into the neurocognitive
underpinnings of illusory memories. Using simple materials and tests (eg, recalling words or …

A fundamental question of human episodic memory concerns the cognitive and neural
representations and processes that give rise to the neural signals of memory. By integrating …

Can susceptibility to false memory and suggestion increase dramatically with age? The
authors review the theoretical and empirical literatures on this counterintuitive possibility …

Across ontogenetic development, individuals gather manifold experiences during which they
detect regularities in their environment and thereby accumulate knowledge. This knowledge …

False recognition can occur at high levels after participants study lists of associated words
and are tested with semantically related lures. Israel and Schacter (1997) reported that …