False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals
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False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals.
The recent identification of highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) raised the possibility that there may be individuals who are immune to memory distortions. We measured HSAM participants' and age- and sex-matched controls' susceptibility to false memories using several research paradigms. HSAM participants and controls were both susceptible to false recognition of nonpresented critica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314373110