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1. Do liars really remember what they lied upon? The impact of fabrication on memory.

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Battista, Fabiana, Mangiulli, Ivan, Riesthuis, Paul, Curci, Antonietta, and Otgaar, Henry

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*MEMORY, *AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL memory, *MEMORY testing, *LIE detectors & detection, *COGNITIVE load, *ROBBERY
Abstract

The present experiment aimed to examine how fabrication can affect memory. In particular, we examined whether different types of fabrication can lead to different mnemonic effects. A sample of 159 participants watched a video of a robbery and subsequently answered some questions about it. Participants were divided into three conditions: one group was instructed to tell the truth (i.e., truth-telling group), while the other two groups were instructed to lie either by partially distorting details (i.e., distortion group) or by completely making up wrong details of the event seen in the video (i.e., fabrication group). Two days later, participants completed a final memory test where they honestly answered recognition and recall questions concerning: (i) memory for the video and (ii) memory for having discussed details during the interview. Results showed that different types of fabrication affect liars' memory differently. Fabricators reported an undermining of memory for the event, whereas those who partially distorted details reported a higher impairment for the interview. Our findings showed that the effects of lying on liars' memory might be determined by the cognitive resources required to lie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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2. Do liars really remember what they lied upon?

Author

Antonietta Curci, Fabiana Battista, Paul Riesthuis, Ivan Mangiulli, Henry Otgaar, Section Forensic Psychology, and RS: FPN CPS IV

Subjects
RESPONSE-TIME, Fabrication, Deception, INCREASES, memory outcomes, Mnemonic, Affect (psychology), EVENTS, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Memory, Humans, MISINFORMATION, WITNESSES, General Psychology, forgetting, Forgetting, FEEDBACK, cognitive load, FORCED CONFABULATION, RECOGNITION, Recognition, Psychology, Mental Recall, distortion, Psychology, Cognitive load, Cognitive psychology
Abstract

The present experiment aimed to examine how fabrication can affect memory. In particular, we examined whether different types of fabrication can lead to different mnemonic effects. A sample of 159 participants watched a video of a robbery and subsequently answered some questions about it. Participants were divided into three conditions: one group was instructed to tell the truth (i.e., truth-telling group), while the other two groups were instructed to lie either by partially distorting details (i.e., distortion group) or by completely making up wrong details of the event seen in the video (i.e., fabrication group). Two days later, participants completed a final memory test where they honestly answered recognition and recall questions concerning: (i) memory for the video and (ii) memory for having discussed details during the interview. Results showed that different types of fabrication affect liars' memory differently. Fabricators reported an undermining of memory for the event, whereas those who partially distorted details reported a higher impairment for the interview. Our findings showed that the effects of lying on liars' memory might be determined by the cognitive resources required to lie.

Published
2021

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