Reducing False Memory in People with Mental Retardation

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请是研究人员对智力落后个体的生成性学习和视觉注意错误记忆问题的研究的新扩展。研究表明，与CA匹配的同龄人相比，这些人的自由回忆率更低，当被问及过去的事件时，他们更容易受到暗示和虚构。因此，不仅系统地评估智力落后个体错误记忆的潜在变量，而且开发有效的认知干预措施，在不增加错误记忆的情况下促进识别和回忆，这是至关重要的。研究人员提出了四个同时涉及识别和回忆方法的实验。这些研究旨在利用图画编码环境来描绘错误记忆的特定模式，并利用生成性学习程序来提高智力落后和非智力落后个体的识别和回忆能力。这些研究有望对智力发育迟缓个体的虚假记忆、生成性学习和记忆过程等领域的基础和应用问题做出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The present application is a novel extension of the investigators' research on generative learning and visual attention to the problem of false memory in individuals with mental retardation. Such individuals have been shown to have lower free recall rates relative to CA-matched peers, and to be more susceptible to suggestibility and confabulation when questioned about past events. Thus, it is critical not only to assess systematically the variables underlying false memories in individuals with mental retardation, but also to develop efficacious cognitive interventions designed to facilitate recognition and recall without increasing false memories. The investigators propose four experiments that involve both recognition and recall methodologies. These studies are designed to delineate specific patterns of false memories utilizing pictorial encoding contexts, and to utilize generative learning procedures to enhance recognition and recall in individuals with and without mental retardation. The studies are expected to contribute both to basic and applied issues in the areas of false memory, generative learning, and memory processes in individuals with mental retardation.