This article reviews research using the Deese/Roediger—McDermott (DRM) associative
memory illusion, whereby people falsely remember words that were not presented. This …

The affect‐as‐information framework posits that affect is embodied information about value
and importance. The valence dimension of affect provides evaluative information about …

The Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm lures people to produce false memories. Two
experiments examined whether induced positive or negative moods would influence this …

The last decade has seen a flurry of experimental research into the neurocognitive
underpinnings of illusory memories. Using simple materials and tests (eg, recalling words or …

Human Memory, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive overview of research and theory on
human memory. Written in an engaging style, the book is divided into three sections …

Can susceptibility to false memory and suggestion increase dramatically with age? The
authors review the theoretical and empirical literatures on this counterintuitive possibility …

The effects of associative strength and gist relations on rates of children's and adults' true
and false memories were examined in three experiments. Children aged 5–11 and …

The effects of mood on false memories have not been studied systematically until recently.
Some results seem to indicate that negative mood may reduce false recall and thus suggest …

False memories typically share semantic or surface features with actual experiences,
sometimes both. However, it is unclear whether false memories that are rooted in semantic …

Repeated retrieval of a subset of previously observed events can cause forgetting of the
nonretrieved events. We examined how affective states experienced during retrieval …