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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Main Authors: Raoul Bell, Axel Buchner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-04-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700213
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-d1f433c3c962435caac27b4cb64d1c962022-12-21T17:00:54ZengSAGE PublishingEvolutionary Psychology1474-70492009-04-01710.1177/14747049090070021310.1177_147470490900700213Enhanced Source Memory for Names of CheatersRaoul BellAxel BuchnerThe 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.https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700213
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