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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > imagination facilitation effect

Preferred term

imagination facilitation effect  

Definition

  • In some circumstances, imagining the items to be remembered reduces the formation of false memories.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Maraver, M. J., Lapa, A., Garcia-Marques, L., Carneiro, P., & Raposo, A. (2021). Imagination reduces false memories for everyday action sentences : Evidence from pragmatic inferences. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 3551. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.668899

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

  • • Oliver, M. C., Bays, R. B., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2016). False memories and the DRM paradigm : Effects of imagery, list, and test type. The Journal of General Psychology, 143(1), 33‑48. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2015.1110558

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Dataset citation(s)

  • • Maraver, M. J., Lapa, A., Garcia-Marques, L., Carneiro, P., & Raposo, A. (2021, August 8). Imagination Reduces False Memories for Everyday Action Sentences: Evidence from Pragmatic Inferences. https://osf.io/v8apj/

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