The Influence of Language on False Memory

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210617.123How to use a DOI?

Keywords

memory, false memory, language, Chinese participants

Abstract

False memory is often happened in life and has attracted lots of attention from researchers. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of different languages (i.e., mother language and other languages) on false memories. Different word cards were prepared to test which language caused the most serious false memory between 20 female participants. The results showed that the reaction time of the control group (mother language) is shorter, but the accuracy of the mother language is 79%, lower compared to the reaction time of the experimental group (a second language;83%). And the experiment concludes that the mother language is more likely to produce false memory than the other language. However, there is not enough time for us to do more experiments with other variables, such as balance the gender or ask foreigners to do the test, to ensure internal validity and the reliability of the experiment.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Beiyi Cai
AU  - Yu Zheng
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/20
TI  - The Influence of Language on False Memory
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 2nd International Conference on Mental Health and Humanities Education (ICMHHE 2021）
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 483
EP  - 486
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210617.123
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210617.123
ID  - Cai2021
ER  -