An Experimental Study On Time Factors Impacting False Memories

Human memory is not reliable as imagined. It is not only easy to pass away, but also is still very vulnerable to mislead outside information, and spontaneously changes. In fact false memories are ubiquitous. The feature makes false memories studies become an indispensable aspect of memory research. False Memories have become hot research topic, which has important application value. In this study, research methods have been appropriately adjusted. Based on DRM paradigm, the whole presentation is added into completely random presentation and vocabulary order presentation. The existing theory is verified and improved on basis of time factors impacting false memories. This study includes two experiments. Experiment 1 mainly explores whether or not presentation ways have effect on false memories, in order to test whether there is false memories forgetting in the stage of sensory memory. Experiment 2 mainly explores level of false memories in stage of sensory, short-term, and long-term memory in the experimental one by the control of learning-test time interval, further improves the discussion of Experiment 1 and its theoretical explanation. Below are the conclusions:1. The whole presentation can start false memories effect.2. different presentation ways and learning-test time interval conditions have effect on false memories.3. There is the main effect in the impact of presentation ways on false memories, while the study - test interval factors do not have the main effect, the presentation×Learning - test interval have significant interaction.4. True memories have significant difference in different presentation ways conditions.5. The true memory and false memory have dynamics covariant relationship, at the same time, separation exists between true memory and false memory.6. This study verifies the activation / monitoring theory, also finds that the activation process and the monitoring process are mutually collaborative relationship.Finally, By false memories exploration, on the learning process and teaching process to provide constructive comments are suggested to learning and teaching process, in order to improve memory level, reduce forgetting.