Template: Create False Memories Paradigm

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Creating False Memories Paradigm

Required Experiment Builder Version: 1.4.290 or higher
EyeLink Required: No
Type: Complete Example
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

This example illustrates:

• How to use of Sequence nodes to perform both the presentation (PRESENT_SEQ) and recall (RECAL_SEQ) of a series of words
  
• How to present words at a fixed time interval (PRESENT_SEQ)
  
• How to get and check the participant's feedback (RECAL_SEQ)
  

Description:

This example is adapted after the second experiment in the following paper:

• Roediger, H.L. & McDermott, K.B. (1995). Creating false memories: Remembering words not presented in lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 21, 803-814.
  

This experiment first asked the participant to study 24 lists of words (e.g. "Table, Sit, legs, Seat, Couch, Desk, Recliner, Sofa, wood, cushion, swivel, stool, sitting, rocking, bench") that elicited the highest frequency of false recall (e.g., for the word "chair"). After each list was presented, the participants were given a free recall test, followed by a recognition test after all of the lists were recalled. The recognition test was composed of studied words, non-studied critical words (critical lures, "chair" in the above example), and non-studied unrelated words. Roediger and McDermott (1995) found that the critical lures were falsely recalled and recognized more frequently than were other non-studied words.

Instructions:

1. Download the CFM.ebz example from this message.
   
2. Launch the Experiment Builder application.
   
3. Unpack the CFM.ebz file to a location on your Experiment Builder PC with "File menu -> Unpack".
   
4. Open the project in Experiment Builder.
   
5. Deploy the project to a new folder.
   
6. Run the CFM.exe from the deployed directory.
   

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