Posted by fires on October 26, 2004, at 17:15:41
In reply to Re: Take a test » fires, posted by Larry Hoover on October 26, 2004, at 16:50:33
> > Perhaps the following demonstration test for false memories may indicate a susceptibility toward developing them? Found it at Nat. Public Radio site by False Memory article/info.. Anyway it's interesting:
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> > http://www.mmlc.northwestern.edu/external/paller/memory-demo_content.html
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> I doubt it. There are different types of memory, declarative (semantic and episodic), and procedural. Some also include propositional constructs as memory. There are also different types of memory tests, which do not rely on trivial distinctions such as whether a particular fruit was depicted, rather than fruit per se. Memory traces have multiple paths, and tests such as this one trace only a single path. Moreover, there was a distracting cognitive task in this test, determining relative size as against a shoebox. This activates a different memory trace altogether, and serves to reduce overall recall.
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> You can ask me weeks from now, and I will predict that my scores of 80%, 0%, and 0% will still be in my declarative memory. Even if I fail in that regard, however, I will have no doubt whatsoever that I took a memory test suggested by you.
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> Lar
>Consider that someone may be able to convince you that you took another test which you didn't!
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