Belief in memories may be relinquished as often for adulthood as for childhood events, but for different reasons

Vanootighem, Valentine; Moyse, Evelyne; Brédart, Serge

doi:10.1080/09658211.2018.1554081

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“…They found that 20% ( n = 98) of participants reported an NBM. Similar percentages have been found in other studies (e.g., Brédart & Bouffier, 2016; Vanootighem et al, 2019). Apart from examining the prevalence of NBMs, research has also examined why people reduced their beliefs in the occurrence of specific events.…”

Section: Prevalence Of Nbm and Reasons For Belief Reductionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…First, and most importantly, the analyses showed that NBM occurrence was positively associated with memory distrust and rumination over autobiographical events and negatively associated with self-esteem. Second, the prevalence of NBMs in the current sample was higher compared with previous studies (e.g., Brédart & Bouffier, 2016; Vanootighem et al, 2019). In the following section, we will discuss the results and their implications in more depth.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…The prevalence of self-reported NBMs was much higher than rates reported in previous studies, which are mostly around 20% (e.g., Brédart & Bouffier, 2016; Mazzoni et al, 2010; Vanootighem et al, 2019). At Time 1–3, a majority of participants reported having at least one NBM.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 76%

“…Mazzoni et al (2010) reported three major categories of reasons for belief reduction: Negative social feedback (e.g., being told by family or friends that this event did not happen or happened to another person), contradictory evidence (nonsocial evidence suggesting that the event recollected did not happen), and implausibility (considering the event recollected was unlikely to have happened). Follow-up studies have shown similar results (Brédart & Bouffier, 2016;Vanootighem et al, 2019). For example, Otgaar et al (2020) examined the memory reports from the False Memory Archive, an art website collecting experiences of false memories from the general population (https://www.falsememoryarchive.com/), and found that a large proportion (n = 208, 41.6%) of reports could be classified as NBMs (i.e., fitting in with the high recollection and low belief in occurrence pattern).…”

Section: Prevalence Of Nbm and Reasons For Belief Reductionmentioning

confidence: 65%

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Examining the associations between nonbelieved memories and memory distrust, self-esteem, and rumination.

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Battista²,

Thissen³

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Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice

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When beliefs in autobiographical memories are reduced while recollections remain relatively intact, a phenomenon termed nonbelieved memories (NBMs) unfolds. The current preregistered study (N = 104) used a 3-week longitudinal design to investigate the relationships between the frequency of recalled NBMs, memory distrust, rumination over autobiographical events, and self-esteem. Our analyses showed that memory distrust was a positive predictor for the initial recall of NBMs during the past 2 months at Time 1, but not for the follow-up recalls of NBMs during the past week at Times 2-4. Exploratory analyses showed that, at Time 1, self-esteem was negatively associated with the total number of NBMs. Furthermore, the tendency to report involuntary memories and rumination over memories was positively associated with the total number of NBMs. In addition, (in)voluntary autobiographical memory recall tendency was also a significant positive predictor for the total number of NBMs at Times 2-4. Our study is one of the first to show that NBMs might be uniquely tied to specific individual markers.

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Section: Prevalence Of Nbm and Reasons For Belief Reductionsupporting

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Section: Discussioncontrasting

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Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 76%

Section: Prevalence Of Nbm and Reasons For Belief Reductionmentioning

confidence: 65%

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Examining the associations between nonbelieved memories and memory distrust, self-esteem, and rumination.

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Battista²,

Thissen³

et al. 2022

Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice

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“…Despite involving a high degree of recollection and vividness, some autobiographical memories are believed to reflect events that did not really occur (Mazzoni et al, 2010). These nonbelieved memories are more likely to be retrieved from an observer-like than own-eyes perspective (Brédart & Bouffier, 2016; Vanootighem et al, 2019). Visual perspective during autobiographical memory retrieval also influences belief in the accuracy of past events that participants voluntary retrieve in the lab (Berntsen & Rubin, 2006; Rubin et al, 2019).…”

Section: The Relationship Between Visual Perspective and Memory Accuracymentioning

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Perspective matters: When visual perspective reshapes autobiographical memories.

St. Jacques

2024

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

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Memories are prone to distortions, which have been linked to our unique point of view. Not only do we experience events from a particular visual perspective, we can also retrieve events from one of two perspectives: (a) an own-eyes perspective, from the same viewpoint where the event was initially experienced, and (b) an observer-like perspective, where we might "see" ourselves in the remembered event.The particular visual perspective adopted, as well as the ability to shift between perspectives, is associated with changes in the subjective and objective characteristics of memories, which has led to debate regarding whether the presence of novel perspectives reflects inaccuracies or distortions. In this target article, I will provide an overview of research on visual perspective in memories of events by discussing the circumstances in which adopting an observer-like perspective signals changes in memories that impact their

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The malleability of memory

Wade,

Nash,

Erner

2023

Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology

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Belief in memories may be relinquished as often for adulthood as for childhood events, but for different reasons

Cited by 5 publications

References 22 publications

Examining the associations between nonbelieved memories and memory distrust, self-esteem, and rumination.

Examining the associations between nonbelieved memories and memory distrust, self-esteem, and rumination.

Perspective matters: When visual perspective reshapes autobiographical memories.

The malleability of memory

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