Research Design
Statistics Used
Results
Martin A. Safer
Linda J. Levine
Irvine
Amy L. Drapalski
Distortion in Memory for Emotions: The Contributions of Personality and Post-Event Knowledge
Memory Distortion, Emotional Bias
Distortion in Memory for Emotions
Duration or intensity of their emotional responses is an important factor of identification however the article does not cover this aspect of investigation.
(N = 189)
Co-relational Design
Correlation method is used in the research.
revision of memory for prior emotions can occur immediately, with an introduction to the post event information
Olivier Corneille, Johanne Huart and Emilie Becquart, Serge Bre´dart
When Memory Shifts Toward More Typical Category Exemplars: Accentuation Effects in the Recollection of Ethnically Ambiguous Faces
Category based distortions, Naive Theories, Face identification
This document highlighted the memory distortions specifically for face recognitions. It also discusses the practical applications of the results.
Does not cover the distortions during suspect recognition in police investigations and similar scenarios.
(N = 96)
Random Trials and Analysis of variation (ANOVA)
Analysis of variation (ANOVA)
Linda A. Henkel, Kimberley J. Coffman
Memory Distortions in Coerced False Confessions: A Source Monitoring Framework Analysis
Memory Distortions, False Confessions, Source Monitoring
Effective understanding of Memory Distortions in Coerced False Confessions in polie interrogations
Not Applicable
Descriptive Qualitative Study
Not Used
Techniques for effective interviews in memory distortion cases
Saul M. Kassin, Sara C. Appleby and Jennifer Torkildson Perillo
social anxiety, social phobia, memory, interpretation
Identification and understanding of Biases in Interpretation and Memory reflections
Generalized Social Phobia taken into account specially for the study and critical perspectives not analyzed
(n=200)
Quantitative Analysis
Test of Significance
Results illustrate the importance of examining the nature of sourcemonitoring errors in investigations of memory biases in social anxiety.
Faith Brozovich, Jutta Joormann, and Ian H. Gotlib
The unified theory of repression
Matthew Hugh Erdelyi
avoidance; Bartlett; defense; denial; distortion; Ebbinghaus; false-memories; Freud; inhibition; repression; suppression
Lack of discussion related to criminal investigations
Quantitative Analysis
(n=687)
Correlation
d experimentally induced false memories and other “memory illusions” successfully
