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Judgements of other people's memory reports: differences in reports as a function of imagery vividness
Author(s) -
Keogh Lara,
Markham Roslyn
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199804)12:2<159::aid-acp506>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychology , mental image , cognitive psychology , cognition , neuroscience
People reporting vivid imagery may be expected to describe events differently from those with less vivid imagery. The study reported here examined the relationship between imagery vividness and descriptions of an item that had earlier either been seen or its presence suggested. Additional participant/judges were asked to determine the veracity of these descriptions and provide the basis for reaching their decisions. Results showed that the descriptions, for memories based on external and internal sources, given by vivid imagers differed from nonvivid imagers along a number of dimensions. High imagery people included more sensory details of the critical item that low imagers for both memory source conditions. More mention of cognitive processes were made by low imagers than high in the suggested condition but not in the real. Judgements about the veracity of descriptions based on memories that had different sources were found to be affected by imagery vividness of participants; rationales given for these decisions tended to be consistent with the objective ratings, although additional criteria emerged. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.