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. 2017 Dec 4;8:2062. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02062

Table 1.

Summary of the eligible studies.

Study Main misremembering category Participants (age) Conditions or groups Scenarios Attribute alignability Delay Memory test
[other categories potentially relevant]

Benney and Henkel, 2006 Misattribution [Selective forgetting, False memory] 172 adults (18–52) Best interest vs. free choice vs. assigned option • Restaurants Mainly unalignable, but gum options partly alignable 30 min Recognition (source recognition)
• Movie theaters
• Department stores
• Gum
Chen and Zhang, 2003 Misattribution [Selective forgetting] Number and age of participants not known High vs. low conflict scenarios Delay levels Not known Not known “Short” and “long” (details not known) Free recall and source recognition (details not known)
• Experiment 1
• Experiment 2
DeKay et al., 2014 Fact distortion • Experiment 1: 169 adults (18–68) Choice vs. no choice • Apartments All alignable No delay Recognition (forced-choice recognition)
• Experiment 1 • Experiment 2: 470 adults (18–71)
• Experiment 2 • Experiment 4: 255 adults (18–74)
• Experiment 4
Depping and Freund, 2013 Selective forgetting [Misattribution] • Experiment 1: 66 young (19–30), 73 older (60–88) Choice vs. readability (no choice) Age • Travel packages Mainly not alignable 7 min Free recall
• Experiment 1 • Experiment 2: 62 young (18–31), 60 older (64–86) • Hospitals (for surgery)
• Experiment 2
Henkel and Mather, 2007 Misattribution [Selective forgetting, False memory] 80 young adults (18–24) • Roommates Mainly not alignable 2 days Recognition (source recognition)
• Experiment 1 • Internships
• Apartments
• Cars
• Dating partners
Hess and Kotter-Grühn, 2011 Misattribution [Selective forgetting] 54 young (20–44), 52 middle-age (45–64), 54 older (65–85) Impression (no choice) vs. interaction (and choice) Age • Persons with whom to spend a day (social partner) Not known, but the examples provided in the paper suggest mainly unalignable Short, length not specified Recognition (source recognition)
• Experiment 1
Hess et al., 2012 Misattribution 54 young (20–44), 55 middle age (45–64), 54 older (65–85) Active deliberation vs. no deliberation Alignable vs. unalignable attribute focus Age • Grocery store Half alignable Relatively short, length not specified Recognition (source recognition)
• Apartment to rent
Mather and Johnson, 2000 Misattribution [Selective forgetting, False memory] 54 young (18–26), 108 older (64–83) Affective review vs. factual review vs. no review Delay levels Age • Houses Mainly not alignable 30 min, 2 days Recognition (source recognition)
• Job candidates
• Flights
• Blind dates
Mather et al., 2000 Misattribution [Selective forgetting, False memory] • Experiment 1: 142 students Experiment 3b: Choice vs. rejection • Job candidates Mainly not alignable Experiment 1: 5 min Experiments 2 and 3a: 45 min Experiment 3b: 5 min Recognition (source recognition)
• Experiment 1 • Experiment 2: 75 under-graduates • Blind dates
• Experiment 2 • Experiment 3a: 77 undergraduates • Roommate
• Experiment 3a • Experiment 3b: 379 students
• Experiment 3b
Mather et al., 2003 Misattribution [Selective forgetting, False memory] 94 undergraduates (age not known) Choice vs. assignment • Houses Mainly not alignable 45 min Recognition (source recognition)
• Experiment 2 • Roommates
• Cars
Queen and Hess, 2010 Misattribution [Selective forgetting] 62 young adults (17–28), 75 older adults (60–86) Age Conscious vs. unconscious thought Deliberative vs. Intuitive information • Apartments All attributes alignable Relatively short, not specified Recognition (source recognition)
• Banks
Svenson et al., 2009 Fact distortion • Experiment 1: 64 students (21–42) Patients needing surgery All attributes alignable Experiments 1 and 2: Not known Experiment 3: 1 h Cued recall
• Experiment 1 • Experiment 2: 35 students familiar with scenario type (23–48),
• Experiment 2 • Experiment 3: 77 students (19–39)
• Experiment 3

aParticipants included in the analyses.

bThe age of the participants not specified for any of the experiments in this paper.