Memory for visual objects, although typically highly accurate, can be distorted, especially in older adults. Here we asked whether also erroneous identifications of visual objects subsequently corrected and replaced by a correct identification might induce false recognitions, and whether this is more likely to occur in older people. For this aim a new paradigm was developed. In the first phase, participants performed a visual object identification task with degraded pictures of objects and produced correct and false but subsequently corrected identifications. In the second phase, participants performed a surprise recognition task in which also false identifications were presented. False identifications elicited false recognitions, with a stronger and more reliable effect in elderly participants, suggesting that correcting the initial visual error is not sufficient to correct the memory for the experience. Moreover, misidentification-related false recognitions coexisted in memory along with correct recognitions of correct identifications. These findings are discussed in relation with age-related deficits in memory updating and strategic retrieval. © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.

"It's a hair-dryer...No, it's a drill" Misidentification-related false recognitions in younger and older adults / Vannucci, Manila; Mazzoni, Giuliana; Marchetti, Igor; Lavezzini, Francesca. - In: ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS. - ISSN 0167-4943. - 54:2(2012), pp. 310-316. [10.1016/j.archger.2011.06.026]

"It's a hair-dryer...No, it's a drill" Misidentification-related false recognitions in younger and older adults

Mazzoni, Giuliana;
2012

Abstract

Memory for visual objects, although typically highly accurate, can be distorted, especially in older adults. Here we asked whether also erroneous identifications of visual objects subsequently corrected and replaced by a correct identification might induce false recognitions, and whether this is more likely to occur in older people. For this aim a new paradigm was developed. In the first phase, participants performed a visual object identification task with degraded pictures of objects and produced correct and false but subsequently corrected identifications. In the second phase, participants performed a surprise recognition task in which also false identifications were presented. False identifications elicited false recognitions, with a stronger and more reliable effect in elderly participants, suggesting that correcting the initial visual error is not sufficient to correct the memory for the experience. Moreover, misidentification-related false recognitions coexisted in memory along with correct recognitions of correct identifications. These findings are discussed in relation with age-related deficits in memory updating and strategic retrieval. © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
2012
Aging; False memories; Memory; Visual object identification; Age Factors; Aged; Aging; Female; Humans; Male; Neuropsychological Tests; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Photic Stimulation; Young Adult; Recognition (Psychology); Health (social science); Aging; Gerontology; Geriatrics and Gerontology
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"It's a hair-dryer...No, it's a drill" Misidentification-related false recognitions in younger and older adults / Vannucci, Manila; Mazzoni, Giuliana; Marchetti, Igor; Lavezzini, Francesca. - In: ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS. - ISSN 0167-4943. - 54:2(2012), pp. 310-316. [10.1016/j.archger.2011.06.026]
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