TY - JOUR
T1 - Decreased susceptibility to false memories from misinformation in hormonal contraception users
AU - Petersen, Nicole
AU - Patihis, Lawrence
AU - Nielsen, Shawn E.
PY - 2015/10/3
Y1 - 2015/10/3
N2 - Sex hormones are increasingly implicated in memory formation. Recent literature has documented a relationship between hormones and emotional memory and sex differences, which are likely related to hormones, have long been demonstrated in a variety of mnemonic domains, including false memories. Hormonal contraception (HC), which alters sex hormones, has been associated with a bias towards gist memory and away from detailed memory in women who use it during an emotional memory task. Here, we investigated whether HC was associated with changes in susceptibility to false memories, which may be related to the formation of gist memories. We tested false memory susceptibility using two well-validated false memory paradigms: the Deese–Roediger–McDermott (DRM) task, and a story-based misinformation task. We found that hormonal contraceptive users were less susceptible to false memories compared to non-users in the misinformation task, and no differences were seen between groups on the DRM task. We hypothesise that the differences in false memories from the misinformation task may be related to hormonal contraceptive users' memory bias away from details, towards gist memory.
AB - Sex hormones are increasingly implicated in memory formation. Recent literature has documented a relationship between hormones and emotional memory and sex differences, which are likely related to hormones, have long been demonstrated in a variety of mnemonic domains, including false memories. Hormonal contraception (HC), which alters sex hormones, has been associated with a bias towards gist memory and away from detailed memory in women who use it during an emotional memory task. Here, we investigated whether HC was associated with changes in susceptibility to false memories, which may be related to the formation of gist memories. We tested false memory susceptibility using two well-validated false memory paradigms: the Deese–Roediger–McDermott (DRM) task, and a story-based misinformation task. We found that hormonal contraceptive users were less susceptible to false memories compared to non-users in the misinformation task, and no differences were seen between groups on the DRM task. We hypothesise that the differences in false memories from the misinformation task may be related to hormonal contraceptive users' memory bias away from details, towards gist memory.
KW - False memory
KW - Hormonal contraception
KW - Memory distortion
KW - Misinformation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84938766760&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09658211.2014.949777
DO - 10.1080/09658211.2014.949777
M3 - Article
C2 - 25142128
AN - SCOPUS:84938766760
SN - 0965-8211
VL - 23
SP - 1029
EP - 1038
JO - Memory
JF - Memory
IS - 7
ER -