It is interesting how we often lack systematic descriptive studies of the phenomena
we so readily fit to our research (retro-fitting is usually found in intro and
discussion sections). Deja Vu experiences are not uncommon, but have there been
good descriptive studies done to articulate the phenomenology? Here might be a
legitimate place for class discussion of the value of systematic case studies,
descriptive/qualitative research, etc. Gary Peterson
G. Peterson
Saginaw Valley State Univ.
Stuart Mckelvie wrote:
> Dear Tipsters,
>
> Don McBurney wrote:
>
> > Yes, I think we did discuss deja vu a while ago. One way to demonstrate deja
> > vu is to read a list of words all having to do with a topic, such as sleep:
> > tired, bed, rest... but leave out sleep. Later students will recall having
> > heard sleep. I forget the reference off hand. I will include something I
> > wrote on this.
>
> Two points:
>
> This is a well-known demonstration from the APA Activities book.
> Author was Drew Appleby.
>
> I used to think if it as deja vu as well, but now classify it as a
> "false memory". I do not think that this reliable error fits the
> phenomenology of deja vu. In fact, starting with Deese back in 1958
> and resurrected recently by Roediger and McDermott and by Read, the
> paradigm can be called the DRMR ("drummer") paradigm. It has been
> extensively used over the past 4 years in 36 studies to examine false
> recall and recognition in a variety of populations (although mainly
> students).
>
> Deese, J. (1959). On the prediction of occurrence of particular verbal
> intrusions in immediate recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology,
> 58, 17-22.
>
> Read, J. D. (1996). From a passing thought to a false
> memory in 2 minutes: Confusing real and illusory events. Psychonomic
> Bulletin & Review, 3 (1), 105-111.
>
> Roediger, H., L., III, & McDermott, K. B. (1995). Creating false
> memories: Remembering words not presented on lists. Journal of
> Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21,
> 803-814.
>
> Here is one of the smaller contributions:
>
> McKelvie, S. J. (1999). Effect of retrieval instructions on
> false recall. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 88, 876-878.
>
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