APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Effects of the Confusion between Visual Imagery and Perception on False Memory

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - My Truth or Yours: The Science of Reality Monitoring

  • Samantha Shang
    Queen's University

Abstract

False memory can be caused by the confusion between imagery and perception. This research manipulated the vividness of visual imagery and the conditions of perception and found that the clearer and the more vivid the imagery was, the more difficult to distinguish the memory sources, thus caused more false memory.

Memory

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