Mangiulli Ivan, Lanciano Tiziana, Jelicic Marko, van Oorsouw Kim, Battista Fabiana, Curci Antonietta
a Department of Education, Psychology, Communication , University of Bari A. Moro , Bari , Italy.
b Forensic Psychology Section, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience , Maastricht University , Maastricht , the Netherlands.
Memory. 2018 Sep;26(8):1019-1029. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2018.1441421. Epub 2018 Feb 18.
Participants who are asked to simulate amnesia for a mock crime have a weaker memory for this event when they have to give up their role as a feigner, than those who are not asked to feign memory loss. According to the source monitoring framework (SMF), this memory-undermining effect of simulating amnesia for a crime would be due to misattribution of the right source of information. However, we know that the content of self-generated information (e.g., feigned version of the crime) might be preserved and recognised over time as a result of elaborative cognitive processing. In the present study, we aimed to contrast these two explanations. We showed participants a mock crime video and we instructed them to either feign amnesia (simulators) or confess the mock crime (confessors). Next, a free recall memory test was administered. After one week, participants were asked to perform a personalised source monitoring task using the autobiographical Implicit Association Test (aIAT). As predicted, we found that simulators were able to discriminate the content of their self-generated feigned story of the crime from the original version. Moreover, simulators were quicker than confessors at the aIAT task. Practical and theoretical implications of our results are discussed.
被要求模拟对一起虚构犯罪失忆的参与者，在不得不放弃伪装者角色时，对该事件的记忆比未被要求假装失忆的参与者更弱。根据源监测框架（SMF），这种对犯罪模拟失忆的记忆削弱效应是由于信息正确来源的错误归因。然而，我们知道，由于精细的认知加工，自我生成信息的内容（例如，犯罪的虚构版本）可能会随着时间的推移而被保留和识别。在本研究中，我们旨在对比这两种解释。我们向参与者展示了一段虚构犯罪视频，并指示他们要么假装失忆（模拟者），要么承认虚构犯罪（承认者）。接下来，进行了一次自由回忆记忆测试。一周后，要求参与者使用自传式内隐联想测验（aIAT）执行个性化的源监测任务。正如预期的那样，我们发现模拟者能够将他们自己编造的犯罪虚构故事的内容与原始版本区分开来。此外，在aIAT任务中，模拟者比承认者更快。我们讨论了研究结果的实际和理论意义。
