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Memory Development: Demonstrating How Repeated Questioning Leads to False Memories
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2023
Source: Laboratories of Judith Danovitch and Nicholaus Noles—University of Louisville A person is defined as a unique individual based on the people and events they encounter in their lives. Thus, creating, storing, and recalling memories are essential elements of the human experience. However, memory, as adults experience it, takes time to develop. Although young children can learn facts and remember details of their lives from moment-to-moment and day-to-day, they do not create...
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Method for Simultaneous fMRI/EEG Data Collection during a Focused Attention Suggestion for Differential Thermal Sensation
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2014
We present a protocol for concurrent collection of EEG/fMRI data, and synchronized MR clock signal recording. We demonstrate this method using a unique paradigm whereby subjects receive ‘cold glove’ instructions during scanning, and EEG/fMRI data are recorded along with hand temperature measurements both before and after hypnotic induction.
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An Overview of Genetics and Disease
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2023
Many human diseases are associated with mutations or variations in genetic sequences. Some of these genetic variants are heritable, passed down from generation to generation, while others arise sporadically during an organism’s life and cause diseases such as cancer. Researchers are trying to identify and characterize these genetic alterations in the hopes of improving diagnosis and therapeutic options for patients.In this video, we will examine the history of genetic disease research, and...
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An Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress Protocol for Instigating Depressive Symptoms, Behavioral Changes and Negative Health Outcomes in Rodents
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2015
The unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) protocol is a validated method for studying behavioral and physiological changes associated with chronic stress and depressive symptoms. Eight weeks of imposition of the UCMS protocol induces behavioral changes and poor health outcomes in rodents of either gender.
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An Introduction to Motor Control
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2023
Motor control involves integration and processing of sensory information by our nervous system, followed by a response through our skeletal system to perform a voluntary or involuntary action. It is vital to understand how our neuroskeletal system controls motor behavior in order to evaluate injuries pertaining to general movement, reflexes, and coordination. An improved understanding of motor control will help behavioral neuroscientists in developing useful tools to treat motor disorders, such...
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The wording of a prompt can embed an assumption that directs attention toward a particular interpretation or answer. Instead of requiring neutral recall, the question may shape how the respondent understands the event before responding. This matters because the resulting report can reflect both the person’s recollection and the influence of information supplied through the question.
Implied information may become integrated with a person’s recollection, changing what they report about an experience. The influence can also affect confidence, so a person may express strong certainty even when the report has been shaped by the prompt. Psychology therefore treats reported detail and reported confidence as outcomes that can both be sensitive to questioning.
Social pressure can make a respondent more likely to accommodate the direction implied by a question rather than provide an independent account. Its effect combines with wording and assumptions, influencing interpretation, retrieval, and reporting. Studying these factors helps psychologists separate the respondent’s own recollection from changes associated with the interpersonal context of questioning.
Interviewers can reduce bias by designing prompts that avoid embedded assumptions and do not steer the respondent toward a particular answer. Questions should support neutral recall rather than introduce information that could shape interpretation. This approach is relevant when professionals seek reports that more accurately reflect the person’s experience and are less affected by question structure.
Its consequences are especially important in eyewitness interviews, clinical assessments, and investigations, where reported experiences may influence professional judgments or the evaluation of evidence. In each setting, question phrasing can affect what people retrieve and report. Recognizing that influence helps practitioners examine the conditions under which testimony or assessment information was obtained.
Researchers examine how different prompts influence memory, reported experiences, and decision-making. They can compare responses produced by questions that invite neutral recall with responses to wording that contains assumptions or directs attention. These comparisons help clarify how questioning affects reports and confidence, while connecting laboratory studies of memory with practical concerns about interviews and evidence.