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Are children’s memory illusions created differently from those of adults? Evidence from levels-of-processing and divided attention paradigms (2010)
Journal Article
Wimmer, M. C., & Howe, M. L. (2010). Are children’s memory illusions created differently from those of adults? Evidence from levels-of-processing and divided attention paradigms. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 107(1), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2010.03.003

In two experiments, we investigated the robustness and automaticity of adults’ and children’s generation of false memories by using a levels-of-processing paradigm (Experiment 1) and a divided attention paradigm (Experiment 2). The first experiment r... Read More about Are children’s memory illusions created differently from those of adults? Evidence from levels-of-processing and divided attention paradigms.

Valence and the development of immediate and long-term false memory illusions (2010)
Journal Article
Howe, M. L., Candel, I., Otgaar, H., Malone, C., & Wimmer, M. C. (2010). Valence and the development of immediate and long-term false memory illusions. Memory, 18(1), 58-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210903476514

Across five experiments we examined the role of valence in children's and adults’ true and false memories. Using the Deese/Roediger-McDermott paradigm and either neutral or negative-emotional lists, both adults’ (Experiment 1) and children's (Experim... Read More about Valence and the development of immediate and long-term false memory illusions.

The development of automatic associative processes and children’s false memories (2009)
Journal Article
Wimmer, M. C., & Howe, M. L. (2009). The development of automatic associative processes and children’s false memories. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104(4), 447-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2009.07.006

We investigated children’s ability to generate associations and how automaticity of associative activation unfolds developmentally. Children generated associative responses using a single associate paradigm (Experiment 1) or a Deese/Roediger–McDermot... Read More about The development of automatic associative processes and children’s false memories.

The role of associative strength in children's false memory illusions (2009)
Journal Article
Howe, M. L., Wimmer, M. C., & Blease, K. (2009). The role of associative strength in children's false memory illusions. Memory, 17(1), 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210802438474

The effects of associative strength on rates of 7- and 11-year-old children's true and false memories were examined when category and Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) lists were used to cue the same critical lure. Backward associative strength (BAS) wa... Read More about The role of associative strength in children's false memory illusions.

An associative-activation theory of children’s and adults’ memory illusions (2008)
Journal Article
Howe, M. L., Wimmer, M. C., Gagnon, N., & Plumpton, S. (2009). An associative-activation theory of children’s and adults’ memory illusions. Journal of Memory and Language, 60(2), 229-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2008.10.002

The effects of associative strength and gist relations on rates of children’s and adults’ true and false memories were examined in three experiments. Children aged 5–11 and university-aged adults participated in a standard Deese/Roediger–McDermott fa... Read More about An associative-activation theory of children’s and adults’ memory illusions.

Children's understanding of ambiguous figures: Which cognitive developments are necessary to experience reversal? (2005)
Journal Article
Doherty, M. J., & Wimmer, M. C. (2005). Children's understanding of ambiguous figures: Which cognitive developments are necessary to experience reversal?. Cognitive Development, 20(3), 407-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2005.05.003

In two experiments involving one hundred and thirty-eight 3- to 5-year-olds we examined the claim that a complex understanding of ambiguity is required to experience reversal of ambiguous stimuli [Gopnik, A., & Rosati, A. (2001). Duck or rabbit? Reve... Read More about Children's understanding of ambiguous figures: Which cognitive developments are necessary to experience reversal?.

Investigating children's eye-movements: Cause or effect of reversing ambiguous figures?
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wimmer, M., & Doherty, M. (2007, August). Investigating children's eye-movements: Cause or effect of reversing ambiguous figures?. Presented at 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

We examined whether eye-movements play a significant role in perceiving both interpretations (reversing) of ambiguous figures such as the duck/rabbit (Jastrow, 1900). In an eye tracking study we investigated 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children’s reversal... Read More about Investigating children's eye-movements: Cause or effect of reversing ambiguous figures?.