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crashing memories paradigm  

Definition(s)

  • An experimental paradigm in which participants are told that a video recording exists of the moment when a disaster (such as a plane crash) or another public event (such as the assassination of a politician) occurred. The participants can then recall seeing these images when, in fact, they do not exist.

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • crashing memories task
  • non-existent news-footage paradigm

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Crombag, H. F. M., Wagenaar, W. A., & Van Koppen, P. J. (1996). Crashing memories and the problem of “source monitoring.” Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10(2), 95–104. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199604)10:2%3C95::AID-ACP366%3E3.0.CO;2-%23

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Patihis, L., & Loftus, E. F. (2016). Crashing memory 2.0: False memories in adults for an upsetting childhood event. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(1), 41–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3165

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Rassin, E. (2022). Suggested false memories of a non-existent film : Forensically relevant individual differences in the crashing memories paradigm. Memory, 30(9), 1205‑1211. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2022.2085750

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-GF5LHH36-1

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