Concept information
Preferred term
simulated amnesia
Definition
- A situation in which a person feigns amnesia, for example, by pretending not to remember having committed a crime. Simulated amnesia can have a negative effect on the memory for facts and events.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- faking amnesia
- feigned amnesia
- malingered amnesia
- malingering amnesia
- simulation of amnesia
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Jelicic, M. (2018). Testing claims of crime-related amnesia. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 617. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00617
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
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• Mangiulli, I., Otgaar, H., Curci, A., & Jelicic, M. (2020). An experimental investigation of the misinformation effect in crime‐related amnesia claims. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34(5), 1092–1100. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3697
[Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
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• Mangiulli, I., Riesthuis, P., & Otgaar, H. (2022). The memory-undermining effect of simulated crime-related amnesia and its legal implications: A review. Psychological Injury and Law, 15(2), 213–226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-021-09441-x
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
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• Otgaar, H., & Baker, A. (2018). When lying changes memory for the truth. Memory, 26(1), 2–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2017.1340286
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
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• Zago, S., Piacquadio, E., Monaro, M., Orrù, G., Sampaolo, E., Difonzo, T., Toncini, A., & Heinzl, E. (2019). The detection of malingered amnesia: An approach involving multiple strategies in a mock crime. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00424
[Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Has study method(s)
Dataset citation(s)
- • Brinkhuis, I., & Otgaar, H. (2021, October 9). The Effect of Simulating Amnesia on the Creation of Spontaneous False Memories . https://osf.io/xq23z
- • Le Moignan, E., Patihis, L., & Mangiulli, I. (2022, March 8). The effects of simulating amnesia and misinformation on memory performance for mock offenders. https://osf.io/kms62
- • Mangiulli, I., & Otgaar, H. (2020, November 18). Crime-related amnesia and Misinformation. Retrieved from https://osf.io/h732g
- • Romeo, T., & Otgaar, H. (2018, April 15). Denial-Induced Forgetting: The Memory Impairing Effects of Simulated Amnesia for a Mock Crime. https://osf.io/tz3jx
In other languages
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French
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amnésie simulée
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simulation d'amnésie
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-N3B4XNCR-R
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