title: Compelling untruths: the effect of retention interval on content borrowing and vivid false memories.
abstract: False memories are sometimes vivid and detailed. We proposed that the details that come to be associated with false memories may be produced by a process called content borrowing. In content borrowing, details from presented items are erroneously borrowed to corroborate the occurrence of the false memory item. In the present research we used think-out-loud protocols at both study and test to provide evidence for content borrowing in the DRM paradigm. We also demonstrated that content borrowing was more common after a 2-week delay, and was more common for critical lures than for missing exemplars.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA. lampinen@uark.edu
authors.forename: James Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lampinen
authors.forename: D Brent
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Ryals
authors.forename: Keaton
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013997:Time Factors; D014342:Truth Disclosure