Imagination as a source of false memories in younger and older adults: cognitive and brain mechanisms.

想象力作为年轻人和老年人错误记忆的来源：认知和大脑机制。

• 批准号: 2289904
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Kent
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2289904
• 关键词: Imagination; source; false; memories; younger

The research in this PhDaims to investigate the cognitive and brain mechanisms underlying the formation and retrieval of false memories, and how these differ across younger and older adults. It is consistently found that episodic memory performance deteriorates as we age, which is associated with changes in memory-related brain activity (e.g. Friedman, Nessler & Johnson, 2007; Rugg, Fletcher, Frith, Frackowiak, Dolan, 1997; Naveh-Benjamin, Brev & Levy, 2007). However, there is less evidence on how age-related cognitive changes influence the formation of false memories, and how false memories affect memories of events that actually happened. The research proposed here aims to address these issues. Electroencephalography (EEG) and behavioural methods will be used to investigate the mechanisms by which counterfactual versions of true events are imagined and subsequently falsely recalled as real.

本博士的研究旨在调查错误记忆形成和检索的认知和大脑机制，以及年轻人和老年人之间的差异。人们一致发现，情景记忆表现会随着年龄的增长而恶化，这与记忆相关的大脑活动的变化有关（例如 Friedman, Nessler & Johnson, 2007；Rugg, Fletcher, Frith, Frackowiak, Dolan, 1997；Naveh-Benjamin, Brev & Levy, 2007）。然而，关于与年龄相关的认知变化如何影响错误记忆的形成，以及错误记忆如何影响对实际发生事件的记忆的证据较少。这里提出的研究旨在解决这些问题。脑电图（EEG）和行为方法将用于研究真实事件的反事实版本被想象并随后被错误地回忆为真实的机制。