Cooper Lauren M, Shah Datin
Department of Psychology, City, University of London, London, UK.
Cogn Emot. 2025 Mar;39(2):445-452. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2024.2401611. Epub 2024 Sep 12.
Emotional false memory findings using the DRM paradigm have been marked by higher false alarms to negatively arousing compared to neutral critical lure items. Explanations for these findings have mainly focused on false memory-based accounts. However, here we address the question of whether a response bias for emotional stimuli can, at least in part, explain this phenomenon. Participants viewed both neutral and negative arousing DRM lists and completed a recognition test in speeded or self-paced conditions. Speeded test reduces the opportunity to adjust response bias. Analysis showed no significant difference in false recognition across critical lure types for the speeded condition, but false recognition was higher for negative compared to neutral critical lures in the self-paced condition. We argue that when retrieval does not allow for shifts in response criteria, false alarms to negative emotional critical lures appear more similar to neutral equivalents. The discussion explores memory-based and criterion-shift explanations for the enhanced emotional false memory finding.
使用德ese-Roediger-McDermott（DRM）范式的情绪性错误记忆研究结果显示，与中性关键诱词相比，对负性唤起性关键诱词的错误警报更高。对这些结果的解释主要集中在基于错误记忆的解释上。然而，在这里我们探讨一个问题，即对情绪性刺激的反应偏差是否至少可以部分解释这一现象。参与者观看了中性和负性唤起性的DRM词表，并在限时或自定节奏条件下完成了一项识别测试。限时测试减少了调整反应偏差的机会。分析表明，在限时条件下，不同类型关键诱词的错误识别没有显著差异，但在自定节奏条件下，负性关键诱词的错误识别高于中性关键诱词。我们认为，当检索不允许反应标准发生变化时，对负性情绪关键诱词的错误警报与中性诱词的错误警报更为相似。讨论探讨了对增强的情绪性错误记忆结果基于记忆和标准变化的解释。
