Avanços metodológicos no estudo das falsas memórias: construção e normatização do procedimento de palavras associadas

Abstract

The Roediger e McDermott, (1995) Word List Paradigm has been widely used as a powerful experimental technique to investigate false memories. Two studies were designed with the purpose of developing and creating norms for lists of semantically related words for Brazilian Portuguese. Study I (n=426) describes the process of generating 44 word lists, including eight emotional lists. Study II (n=471) provides the first normative data on false memories production using the lists developed in the first study. Normative data includes two memory-testing conditions: free recall and recognition. Results indicate the effectiveness of the word lists paradigm for studying false memories. © 2007 PRC.