a Department of Psychology , Manchester Metropolitan University , Manchester , UK.
Memory. 2019 Feb;27(2):163-173. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2018.1495236. Epub 2018 Jul 5.
Research has demonstrated that merely imagining an autobiographical event can bring about false memories for that event. One explanation for this is that imagination leads to the creation and incorporation of visual-imagistic information into the event representation. This idea was tested in two experiments in which visual-imagery processing was disrupted by the use of Dynamic Visual Noise (DVN). In Experiment 1, autobiographical memories that were rated as "known" and lacking in event detail were subsequently rated as more "remembered" following imagination. In Experiment 2, imagination led to improbable autobiographical events being rated as more believable and vivid. In both experiments, interfering with imagery processing by DVN reduced these effects. It was concluded that visual-imagistic processing plays an important role in altering the mnemonic status of autobiographical representations.
研究表明，仅仅想象一个自传事件就可以产生对该事件的虚假记忆。对此的一种解释是，想象导致了视觉意象信息的创造和融入到事件的表现中。这个想法在两个实验中得到了验证，在这两个实验中，视觉意象处理被动态视觉噪声（DVN）的使用所打断。在实验 1 中，那些被评为“已知”且缺乏事件细节的自传记忆，在想象之后被评为更“记得”。在实验 2 中，想象导致不太可能的自传事件被评为更可信和生动。在这两个实验中，通过 DVN 干扰意象处理减少了这些影响。结论是，视觉意象处理在改变自传表现的记忆状态方面起着重要作用。
