Citation

Sartori G, Agosta S, Zogmaister C, Ferrara SD, Castiello U. Psychol. Sci. 2008; 19(8): 772-780.

Affiliation

Psychology Department, University of Padua, Italy. giuseppe.sartori@unipd.it

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Association for Psychological Science, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02156.x

PMID

18816284

Abstract

We describe a new method, based on indirect measures of implicit autobiographical memory, that allows evaluation of which of two contrasting autobiographical events (e.g., crimes) is true for a given individual. Participants were requested to classify sentences describing possible autobiographical events by pressing one of two response keys. Responses were faster when sentences related to truly autobiographical events shared the same response key with other sentences reporting true events and slower when sentences related to truly autobiographical events shared the same response key with sentences reporting false events. This method has possible application in forensic settings and as a lie-detection technique.

Language: en