Selective retrieval and induced forgetting in eyewitness memory

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1157-1172

  Migueles, Malen ^a   García Bajos, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; THEFT; WITNESS;

EID: 38349048469     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1323     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Anderson, M. C. (2003). Rethinking interference theory: Executive control and the mechanisms of forgetting. Journal of Memory and Language, 49, 415-445.
2. Anderson, M. C., & Bell, T. (2001). Forgetting our facts: The role of inhibitory processes in the loss of propositional knowledge. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 130, 544-570.
3. Anderson, M. C., & Bjork, R. A. (1994). Mechanisms of inhibition in long-term memory. In D. Dagenbach, & T. Carr (Eds.), Inhibitory process in attention, memory, and language (pp. 265-325). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
4. Anderson, M. C., & McCulloch, K. C. (1999). Integration as a general boundary condition on retrieval-induced forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25, 608-629.
5. Anderson, M. C., & Neely, J. H. (1996). Interference and inhibition in memory retrieval. In E. L. Bjork, & R. A. Bjork (Eds.), Memory. Handbook of perception and cognition (pp. 237-313). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
6. Anderson, M. C., & Spellman, B. A. (1995). On the status of inhibitory mechanisms in cognition: Memory retrieval as a model case. Psychological Review, 102, 68-100.
7. Anderson, M. C., Bjork, R. A., & Bjork, E. L. (1994). Remembering can cause forgetting: Retrieval dynamics in long-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20, 1063-1087.
8. Bartlett, F. C. (1932). Remembering. A study in experimental and social psychology. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
9. Bjork, R. A. (1975). Retrieval as a memory modifier: An interpretation of negative recency and related phenomena. In R. Solso (Ed.), Information processing and cognition: The Loyola Symposium (pp. 123-144). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
10. Bjork, R. A. (1978). The updating of human memory. In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation (Vol. 12, pp. 235-259). New York: Academic Press.
11. Bjork, R. A. (1988). Retrieval practice and the maintenance of knowledge. In M. M. Gruneberg, P. E. Morris, & R. N. Sykes (Eds.), Practical aspects of memory: Current research and issues. Memory in everyday life. (Vol. 1, pp. 396-401). New York: Wiley.
12. Bjork, R. A. (1989). Retreval inhibition as an adaptative mechanism in human memory. In H. L. Roediger, & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory and consciousness: Essays in honour of Endel Tulving (pp. 309-330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
13. Bornstein, B. H., Liebek, L. M., & Scarberry, N. C. (1998). Repeated testing in eyewitness memory: A means to improve recall of a negative emotional event. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 12, 119-131.
14. Christianson, S.-Å., & Hübinette, B. (1993). Hands Up! A study of witnesses' emotional reactions and memories associates with bank robberies. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 7, 365-379.
15. Clifford, B. R., & Scott, J. (1978). Individual and situational factors in eyewitness testimony. Journal of Applied Psychology, 63, 352-359.
16. Dunn, E. W., & Spellman, B. A. (2003). Forgetting by remembering: Stereotype inhibition through rehearsal of alternative aspects of identity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 420-433.
17. Dunning, D., & Stern, L. B. (1992). Examining the generality of eyewitness hypermnesia: A close look at time delay and question type. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 6, 643-657.
18. Ebbesen, E. B., & Rienick, C. B. (1998). Retention interval and eyewitness memory for events and personal identifying attributes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 745-762.
19. Fisher, R. P., & Geiselman, R. E. (1992). Memory-enhancing techniques for investigative interviewing. The cognitive interview. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
20. García-Bajos, E., & Migueles, M. (2003). False memories for script actions in a mugging account. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 15, 195-208.
21. García-Bajos, E., & Migueles, M. (2005). Olvido inducido por la recuperación con experiencias emocionales positivas y negativas. Cognitiva, 17, 115-125.
22. Holst, V. F., & Pezdek, K. (1992). Scripts for typical crimes and their effects on memory for eyewitness testimony. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 6, 573-587.
23. Kay, H. (1955). Learning and retaining verbal material. British Journal of Psychology, 46, 81-100.
24. Koutstaal, W., Schacter, D. L., Johnson, M. K., Angell, K. E., & Gross, M. S. (1998). Post-event review in older and younger adults: Improving memory accessibility of complex everyday events. Psychology and Aging, 13, 277-296.
25. Koutstaal, W., Schacter, D. L., Johnson, M. K., & Galluccio, L. (1999). Facilitation and impairment of event memory produced by photograph review. Memory & Cognition, 27, 478-493.
26. Levy, B. J., & Anderson, M. C. (2002). Inhibitory processes and the control of memory retrieval. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 6, 299-305.
27. List, J. A. (1986). Age and schematic differences in the reliability of eyewitness testimony. Developmental Psychology, 22, 50-97.
28. Loftus, E. F. (1979). Eyewitness testimony. Harvard, MA: Harvard University Press.
29. MacLeod, M. D. (2002). Retrieval-induced forgetting in eyewitness memory: Forgetting as a consequence of remembering. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 16, 135-149.
30. MacLeod, M. D., & Macrae, C. N. (2001). Gone but not forgotten: The transient nature of retrieval-induced forgetting. Psychological Science, 12, 148-152.
31. Macrae, C. N., & MacLeod, M. D. (1999). On recollections lost: When practice makes imperfect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 463-473.
32. Macrae, C. N., & Roseveare, T. A. (2002). I was always on my mind: The self and temporary forgetting. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9, 611-614.
33. Migueles, M., & García-Bajos, E. (2006). Influence of the typicality of the actions in a mugging script on retrieval-induced forgetting. Psicológica. International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 27, 119-135.
34. Migueles, M., & García-Bajos, E. (1999). Recall, recognition, and confidence patterns in eyewitness testimony. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 13, 257-268.
35. Migueles, M., & García-Bajos, E. (2004). Esto es un atraco! Sesgos de la tipicidad en la memoria de testigos. Estudios de Psicología, 25, 331-342.
36. Myers, J. L., O'Brien, E. J., Balota, D. A., & Toyofuku, M. L. (1984). Memory search without interference: The role of integration. Cognitive Psychology, 16, 217-242.
37. Quinn, K. A., Hugenberg, K., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2004). Functional modularity in stereotype representation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 519-527.
38. Saunders, J., & MacLeod, M. D. (2006). Can inhibition resolve retrieval competition through the control of spreading activation? Memory & Cognition, 34, 307-322.
39. Scrivner, E., & Safer, M. (1988). Eyewitnesses show hypermnesia for details about a violent event. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73, 371-377.
40. Shaw, J. S., Bjork, R. A., & Handal, A. (1995). Retrieval-induced forgetting in an eyewitness-memory paradigm. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2, 249-253.
41. Smith, E. E., Adams, N., & Schorr, D. (1978). Fact retrieval and the paradox of interference. Cognitive Psychology, 10, 438-464.
42. Smith, R. E., & Hunt, R. (2000). The influence of distinctive processing on retrieval-induced forgetting. Memory & Cognition, 28, 503-508.
43. Sporer, S. L. (1996). Psychological aspects of person descriptions. In S. L. Sporer, R. S. Malpass, & G. Koehnkeng (Eds.), Psychological issues in eyewitness identification (pp. 53-86). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
44. Storm, B. C., Bjork, E. L., Bjork, R. A., & Nestojko, J. F. (in press). Is retrieval success a necessary condition for retrieval-induced forgetting? Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
45. Tollestrup, P. A., Turtle, J. W., & Yuille, J. C. (1994). Actual victims and witnesses to robbery and fraud: An archival analysis. In D. F. Ross, J. D. Read, & M. P. Toglia (Eds.), Adult eyewitness testimony. Current trends and developments (pp. 144-160). New York: Cambridge University Press.
46. Tuckey, M. R., & Brewer, N. (2003). How schemas affect eyewitness memory over repeated retrieval attemps. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 785-800
47. Turtle, J. W., & Yuille, J. C. (1994). Lost but not forgotten details: Repeated eyewitness recall leads to reminiscence but not hypermnesia. Journal of Applied Psychology, 79, 260-271.
48. Woolnough, P. S., & MacLeod, M. D. (2001). Watching the birdie watching you: Eyewitness memory for action using CCTV recordings of actual crimes. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15, 395-411.
49. Yuille, J. C., & Cutshall, J. L. (1986). A case study of eyewitness memory for a crime. Journal of Applied Psychology, 71, 291-301.