Summary of Henry L. Roediger and Kathleen McDermott (1995)

        In the research article the researchers Henry L. Roediger and Kathleen McDermott (1995) have provided deep insights regarding the Creation of False memories. The researchers tries to find how false memories are created. For this a list of words is used in the experiment. The researchers have conducted two experiments to generate results. The subjects for the experiment were 36 university under graduates who participated in the study. The lists were prepared for experiment according to the Dess’s (1959) article. It means that 36 lists were prepared which contain 12 words per list. The words that were included in the list were Sewing, sharp, point, thread, pain, thimble etc. [1].

        The subjects of the experiment were tested in the class meeting in which they were instructed to listen some words and they are going to be evaluated. The participants were asked to write-down the words which they remember and are confident that they have heard those words.  The findings of the study shows that in immediate recall test the false recall rate was 40%. These were the findings of the first experiment that is conducted in the research. In the second experiment the false recall rate was 55%. The findings of the study indicates that people usually remember such events which does not occur in actual life [1].

        The conclusion of the study has revealed the illusion of memory and how memory of the human being actually works. Sometimes people remember such things which were not happened in reality but still people think that it happens. This research study has huge significance for psychologists who wants to study how the memory works and how the issues which are related to false memory can be controlled or mitigated. The article contain a brief analysis of the false memory which not only make it informative but also enhance its credibility as well. The future researchers can utilize this research for further studying the phenomenon. Overall the study has interesting facts for the various fields. The Experimental approach of the study has developed results which are showing the high level of false recall [1].

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