APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Trained but Still Tricked: Source Sensitization Training Fails to Reduce False Memory Reports
- 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.