Abstract
This review aims to debate about the mechanisms involving in the false memories creation within the embodied cognition approach, this issue was not still explored in the scientific literature. Embodied cognition postulates that memories retrieval results in a mental simulation of the perceptual, motor, emotional and contextual characteristics of the event in question. However, the likelihood of false memories has rarely been examined from this theoretical approach. In this perspective, this article discusses the moderating effects of mental images on false memories (especially those obtained in the DRM paradigm) in light of the classical cognition and embodied cognition approach. After a brief recall of the debate about the mental images status between the propositional and analog currents in theories of cognition. In a second part, we address the concept of mental simulation specific to the theories of embodied cognition. Then, in a third part, we examine the effects of imagery on the creation of false memories. The fourth part is focused on the mechanisms involved in the reduction of false memories in the view of classical theories of memory and then of embodied cognition.
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Robin, F., De Bont, L. Mental images and false memories: the classical cognitive approach vs. embodied cognition. Curr Psychol 42, 31930–31943 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04210-8
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