APS

2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026

Trained but Still Tricked: Source Sensitization Training Fails to Reduce False Memory Reports

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Thinking & Remembering: Attention, Memory & Control

  • Charlotte Buecken
    Maastricht University
  • Charlotte Buecken
    KU Leuven
  • Paul Riesthuis
    KU Leuven
  • Giorgia Caon
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Giorgia Caon
    KU Leuven
  • Alexandra Cucu
    KU Leuven
  • Henry Otgaar
    KU Leuven
  • Henry Otgaar
    Maastricht University

Abstract

We tested whether source sensitization memory training reduces false autobiographical memories using a blind implantation paradigm (N = 294). Training failed to lower false reports; instead, false beliefs and memories increased for all participants between the second and third session. Findings suggest these implanted false memories are resistant to correction.

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