Reducing False Memory in People with Mental Retardation

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是研究者对智力迟钝个体的错误记忆问题的生成式学习和视觉注意研究的新延伸。与ca匹配的同龄人相比，这些人的自由回忆率较低，而且在被问及过去的事件时，更容易受到暗示和虚构的影响。因此，重要的是不仅要系统地评估智力迟钝个体错误记忆的潜在变量，而且要开发有效的认知干预措施，以促进识别和回忆，而不会增加错误记忆。研究人员提出了四个涉及识别和回忆方法的实验。这些研究旨在利用图像编码上下文描述错误记忆的特定模式，并利用生成式学习程序来增强有或没有智力迟钝的个体的识别和回忆。这些研究有望在错误记忆、生成学习和智力迟钝个体的记忆过程等领域的基础和应用问题上做出贡献。

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.