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Effects of presentation format and list length on children's false memories (2013)
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Swannell, E. R., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2013). Effects of presentation format and list length on children's false memories. Journal of cognition and development : official journal of the Cognitive Development Society, 14(2), 332-342. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2011.638689

The effect of list length on children's false memories was investigated using list and story versions of the Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) procedure. Short (7 items) and long (14 items) sequences of semantic associates were presented to children age... Read More about Effects of presentation format and list length on children's false memories.

Amnesia and the DRM Paradigm: How Encoding Factors (Do Not) Affect Lure Recognition (2012)
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Van Damme, I., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2012). Amnesia and the DRM Paradigm: How Encoding Factors (Do Not) Affect Lure Recognition. Psychologica Belgica, 52(2-3), 95-120. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb-52-2-3-95

In the DRM paradigm, participants are presented with, and their memory is tested for, lists of words that are associatively related to a non-presented lure word. Recent studies have revealed that amnesic patients show heightened immediate, but dimini... Read More about Amnesia and the DRM Paradigm: How Encoding Factors (Do Not) Affect Lure Recognition.

Identifying the cognitive basis of mental toughness: Evidence from the directed forgetting paradigm (2012)
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Dewhurst, S. A., Anderson, R. J., Cotter, G., Crust, L., & Clough, P. J. (2012). Identifying the cognitive basis of mental toughness: Evidence from the directed forgetting paradigm. Personality and individual differences, 53(5), 587-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.036

The concept of mental toughness has been found to be related to outcome performance measures in sport and other competitive situations. Despite this, little attention has been devoted to understanding the cognitive mechanisms that underlie mental tou... Read More about Identifying the cognitive basis of mental toughness: Evidence from the directed forgetting paradigm.

Shared cognitive processes underlying past and future thinking: The impact of imagery and concurrent task demands on event specificity. (2012)
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Anderson, R., Dewhurst, S., & Nash, R. (2012). Shared cognitive processes underlying past and future thinking: The impact of imagery and concurrent task demands on event specificity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(2), 356-365. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025451

Recent literature has argued that whereas remembering the past and imagining the future make use of shared cognitive substrates, simulating future events places heavier demands on executive resources. These propositions were explored in 3 experiments... Read More about Shared cognitive processes underlying past and future thinking: The impact of imagery and concurrent task demands on event specificity..

What factors underlie associative and categorical memory illusions? The roles of backward associative strength and inter-item connectivity (2012)
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Knott, L. M., Dewhurst, S. A., & Howe, M. L. (2012). What factors underlie associative and categorical memory illusions? The roles of backward associative strength and inter-item connectivity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(1), 229-239. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025201

Factors that affect categorical and associative false memory illusions were investigated in 2 experiments. In Experiment 1, backward associative strength (BAS) from the list word to the critical lure and interitem connectivity were manipulated in Dee... Read More about What factors underlie associative and categorical memory illusions? The roles of backward associative strength and inter-item connectivity.

Phonological false memories in children and adults : evidence for a developmental reversal (2011)
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Swannell, E. R., & Dewhurst, S. (2012). Phonological false memories in children and adults : evidence for a developmental reversal. Journal of Memory and Language, 66(2), 376-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2011.11.003

False memories created by the Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) procedure typically show a developmental reversal whereby levels of false recall increase with age. In contrast, false memories produced by phonological lists have been shown to decrease as... Read More about Phonological false memories in children and adults : evidence for a developmental reversal.

Test-induced priming increases false recognition in older but not younger children. (2011)
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Dewhurst, S. A., Howe, M. L., Berry, D. M., & Knott, L. M. (2012). Test-induced priming increases false recognition in older but not younger children. Journal of experimental child psychology, 111(1), 101-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2011.08.006

The effect of test-induced priming on false recognition was investigated in children aged 5, 7, 9, and 11years using lists of semantic associates, category exemplars, and phonological associates. In line with effects previously observed in adults, ni... Read More about Test-induced priming increases false recognition in older but not younger children..

Test-induced priming impairs source monitoring accuracy in the DRM procedure. (2011)
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Dewhurst, S. A., Howe, M. L., & Knott, L. M. (2011). Test-induced priming impairs source monitoring accuracy in the DRM procedure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(4), 1001-1007. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022961

Three experiments investigated the effects of test-induced priming (TIP) on false recognition in the Deese/Roediger-McDermott procedure (Deese, 1959; Roediger & McDermott, 1995). In Experiment 1, TIP significantly increased false recognition for part... Read More about Test-induced priming impairs source monitoring accuracy in the DRM procedure..

Convergent, but not divergent, thinking predicts susceptibility to associative memory illusions (2011)
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Dewhurst, S. A., Thorley, C., Hammond, E. R., & Ormerod, T. C. (2011). Convergent, but not divergent, thinking predicts susceptibility to associative memory illusions. Personality and individual differences, 51(1), 73-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.018

The relationship between creativity and susceptibility to associative memory illusions in the Deese/Roediger-McDermott procedure was investigated using a multiple regression analysis. Susceptibility to false recognition was significantly predicted by... Read More about Convergent, but not divergent, thinking predicts susceptibility to associative memory illusions.

A gender difference in the false recall of negative words: Women DRM more than men (2011)
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Dewhurst, S. A., Anderson, R. J., & Knott, L. M. (2012). A gender difference in the false recall of negative words: Women DRM more than men. Cognition and Emotion, 26(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2011.553037

Gender differences in susceptibility to associative memory illusions in the Deese/Roediger-McDermott paradigm were investigated using negative and neutral word lists. Women (n=50) and men (n=50) studied 20 lists of 12 words that were associates of a... Read More about A gender difference in the false recall of negative words: Women DRM more than men.

The development of automatic and controlled inhibitory retrieval processes in true and false recall (2011)
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Knott, L. M., Howe, M. L., Wimmer, M. C., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2011). The development of automatic and controlled inhibitory retrieval processes in true and false recall. Journal of experimental child psychology, 109(1), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2011.01.001

In three experiments, we investigated the role of automatic and controlled inhibitory retrieval processes in true and false memory development in children and adults. Experiment 1 incorporated a directed forgetting task to examine controlled retrieva... Read More about The development of automatic and controlled inhibitory retrieval processes in true and false recall.

Investigating the encoding-retrieval match in recognition memory : effects of experimental design, specificity, and retention interval (2010)
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Dewhurst, S. A., & Knott, L. M. (2010). Investigating the encoding-retrieval match in recognition memory : effects of experimental design, specificity, and retention interval. Memory & cognition, 38(8), 1101-1109. https://doi.org/10.3758/MC.38.8.1101

Five experiments investigated the encoding retrieval match in recognition memory by manipulating read and generate conditions at study and at test. Experiments 1A and 1B confirmed previous findings that reinstating encoding operations at test enhance... Read More about Investigating the encoding-retrieval match in recognition memory : effects of experimental design, specificity, and retention interval.

Can false memories prime problem solutions? (2010)
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Howe, M. L., Garner, S. R., Dewhurst, S. A., & Ball, L. J. (2010). Can false memories prime problem solutions?. Cognition, 117(2), 176-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2010.08.009

Previous research has suggested that false memories can prime performance on related implicit and explicit memory tasks. The present research examined whether false memories can also be used to prime higher order cognitive processes, namely, insight-... Read More about Can false memories prime problem solutions?.

Investigating the attentional demands of recognition memory: Manipulating depth of encoding at study and level of attention at test (2009)
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Knott, L. M., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2009). Investigating the attentional demands of recognition memory: Manipulating depth of encoding at study and level of attention at test. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 21(7), 1045-1071. https://doi.org/10.1080/09541440802539515

Two experiments investigated the effects of divided attention at test after manipulating levels of processing at study. In Experiment 1 items were studied either intact or as anagrams. In Experiment 2 items were studied with either full or divided at... Read More about Investigating the attentional demands of recognition memory: Manipulating depth of encoding at study and level of attention at test.

Remembering the past and imagining the future: Differences in event specificity of spontaneously generated thought (2009)
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Anderson, R. J., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2009). Remembering the past and imagining the future: Differences in event specificity of spontaneously generated thought. Memory, 17(4), 367-373. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210902751669

A growing interest has emerged in the role that autobiographical memory retrieval plays in simulation of future events. Cognitive explorations in this domain have generally relied on cue word paradigms with instructions to develop specific (relating... Read More about Remembering the past and imagining the future: Differences in event specificity of spontaneously generated thought.

False and veridical collaborative recognition (2009)
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Thorley, C., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2009). False and veridical collaborative recognition. Memory, 17(1), 17-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210802484817

Participants studied DRM words lists (Deese, 1959; Roediger McDermott, 1995) and then completed a recognition test individually or in a collaborative pair, trio, or quartet. The collaborative groups' responses were compared to those of equivalent siz... Read More about False and veridical collaborative recognition.

The roles of encoding and retrieval processes in associative and categorical memory illusions (2008)
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Dewhurst, S. A., Bould, E., Knott, L. M., & Thorley, C. (2009). The roles of encoding and retrieval processes in associative and categorical memory illusions. Journal of Memory and Language, 60(1), 154-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2008.09.002

Four experiments investigated the origin of associative and categorical memory illusions by comparing the effects of study and test associations on Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) and categorized lists. Experiments 1 and 2 found that levels of false r... Read More about The roles of encoding and retrieval processes in associative and categorical memory illusions.

Tracking the R-to-K shift: Changes in memory awareness across repeated tests (2008)
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Dewhurst, S. A., Conway, M. A., & Brandt, K. R. (2009). Tracking the R-to-K shift: Changes in memory awareness across repeated tests. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(6), 849-858. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1517

Participants studied lists of rare words and their definitions (e.g. the fleshy area at the base of the thumb = thenar). They were then given recognition tests in which they were shown the definitions and asked to identify the target from a choice of... Read More about Tracking the R-to-K shift: Changes in memory awareness across repeated tests.

Dynamic visual noise interferes with storage in visual working memory (2008)
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Whittaker, A., Dewhurst, S. A., & Dean, G. M. (2008). Dynamic visual noise interferes with storage in visual working memory. Experimental Psychology, 55(4), 283-289. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169.55.4.283

Several studies have demonstrated that dynamic visual noise (DVN) does not interfere with memory for random matrices. This has led to suggestions that (a) visual working memory is distinct from imagery, and (b) visual working memory is not a gateway... Read More about Dynamic visual noise interferes with storage in visual working memory.

Beyond the text: illusions of recollection caused by script-based inferences (2008)
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Dewhurst, S. A., Holmes, S. J., Swannell, E. R., & Barry, C. (2008). Beyond the text: illusions of recollection caused by script-based inferences. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 20(2), 367-386. https://doi.org/10.1080/09541440701482551

Three experiments investigated memory distortions produced by scripts activated when hearing a story. In Experiment 1, participants heard a story with one of two alternative titles. At test, the words that were falsely recognised varied according to... Read More about Beyond the text: illusions of recollection caused by script-based inferences.