Bitton Sara, Chatburn Alex, Immink Maarten A
University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
J Cogn Enhanc. 2023 Mar 30:1-16. doi: 10.1007/s41465-023-00259-w.
Previous investigations into the effect of mindfulness meditation on false memory have reported mixed findings. One potential issue is that mindfulness meditation involves different styles that establish distinct cognitive control states. The present work aimed to address this issue by comparing the effects of single-session focused attention (FAM) and open monitoring (OMM) mindfulness meditation styles on true and false memory recall. Strengthened cognitive control states associated with FAM were predicted to increase true memory recall and decrease false memory recall. Conversely, weakened cognitive control established by OMM was predicted to increase false memory recall. Thirty-four meditation-naïve participants (23 females, mean age = 23.4 years, range = 18-33) first completed pre-meditation learning and recall phases of the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) task. Participants then completed a single session of FAM or OMM prior to a second, post-meditation, round of DRM task learning and recall phases with a novel word list. Finally, participants completed a recognition test with true and false memory, and distractor words. Both FAM and OMM groups demonstrated significant increase in false memory recall between pre- and post-meditation recall tests but these groups did not differ with respect to true and false memory recall and recognition. The present findings are consistent with previous reports of increased false memory arising from mindfulness meditation. Distinct cognitive control states associated with FAM and OMM states do not result in distinct true and false memory formation, at least in meditation-naïve adults.
先前关于正念冥想对错误记忆影响的调查结果不一。一个潜在问题是,正念冥想有不同的方式,会形成不同的认知控制状态。本研究旨在通过比较单节聚焦注意力(FAM)和开放式监测(OMM)正念冥想方式对真实记忆和错误记忆回忆的影响来解决这一问题。预计与FAM相关的强化认知控制状态会增加真实记忆回忆并减少错误记忆回忆。相反,预计OMM建立的弱化认知控制会增加错误记忆回忆。34名未接触过冥想的参与者(23名女性,平均年龄 = 23.4岁,范围 = 18 - 33岁)首先完成了Deese-Roediger-McDermott(DRM)任务的冥想前学习和回忆阶段。参与者随后在进行第二轮(冥想后)DRM任务学习和回忆阶段(使用新的单词列表)之前完成了单节FAM或OMM。最后,参与者完成了一项包含真实记忆、错误记忆和干扰词的识别测试。FAM组和OMM组在冥想前和冥想后回忆测试之间的错误记忆回忆均显著增加,但在真实记忆和错误记忆回忆及识别方面,这两组没有差异。本研究结果与先前关于正念冥想导致错误记忆增加的报道一致。至少在未接触过冥想的成年人中,与FAM和OMM状态相关的不同认知控制状态不会导致不同的真实记忆和错误记忆形成。