You are kindly invited to the seminar entitled as ”Determinants of memory for truth and falsity” organized by the Department of Psychology.
Date: 28 November 2025, Friday
Time: 12:30
Title: ”Determinants of memory for truth and falsity”
Speaker: Lena Nadareviç, Charlotte Fresenius University
Abstract:
Are people better at remembering whether information is true or false? In our digital world, where true and false information circulates on websites and social media, this question is crucial when considering how to deal with misinformation. In this talk, I will first introduce theoretical models of how truth and falsity are represented in memory, and describe the general research paradigm and methodology for investigating memory for veracity feedback. I will then present a series of experiments designed to identify the factors that determine memory for truth and falsity. Specifically, these experiments explore the effects of three key factors: 1) the characteristics of the statements themselves; 2) the characteristics of the context in which they are presented; and 3) the characteristics of the feedback regarding their veracity.
Bio:
Lena Nadarevic is a professor of experimental and cognitive psychology at Charlotte Fresenius University in Heidelberg (since 2024). She received her PhD in 2010 from the University of Mannheim, where she served as teaching and research staff between 2007 and 2022. From 2022 to 2025, she led a research project funded by the German Research Foundation. Her research areas include truth judgments, memory for veracity feedback, color-validity associations, emotional memory, and statistical modeling of cognitive processes.