title: On the alleged memory-undermining effects of daydreaming.
abstract: In three experiments, we examined the memory-undermining effects of daydreaming for (un)related stimuli. In Experiments 1 and 2, we tested whether daydreaming fosters forgetting of semantically interrelated material and hence, catalyzes false memory production. In Experiment 3, we examined the memory effects of different daydreaming instructions. In Experiment 1, daydreaming did not undermine correct recall of semantically interrelated words, nor did it affect false memories. In Experiment 2, we again failed to find that daydreaming exerted memory-undermining effects a. In Experiment 3, no memory effects were obtained using different daydreaming instructions. Together, our studies fail to show appreciable memory-undermining effects of daydreaming.
authors.affiliation: Section Forensic Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: Henry.Otgaar@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Otgaar
authors.affiliation: Psychology Faculty, Binghamton University, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cleere
authors.affiliation: Section Forensic Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merckelbach
authors.affiliation: Section Forensic Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.affiliation: Section Forensic Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jelicic
authors.affiliation: Psychology Faculty, Binghamton University, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Steven Jay
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lynn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Daydreaming; False memory; Forgetting; Memory