Enhanced Source Memory for Names of Cheaters
The present experiment shows that source memory for names associated with a history of cheating is better than source memory for names associated with irrelevant or trustworthy behavior, whereas old-new discrimination is not affected by whether a name was associated with cheating. This data pattern...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-04-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700213 |
| Summary: | The present experiment shows that source memory for names associated with a history of cheating is better than source memory for names associated with irrelevant or trustworthy behavior, whereas old-new discrimination is not affected by whether a name was associated with cheating. This data pattern closely replicates findings obtained in previous experiments using facial stimuli, thus demonstrating that enhanced source memory for cheaters is not due to a cheater-detection module closely tied to the face processing system, but is rather due to a more general bias towards remembering the source of information associated with cheating. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-7049 |