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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > verbal overshadowing effect

Preferred term

verbal overshadowing effect  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon that occurs when verbally describing memories of nonverbal information (e.g. a face) impairs their subsequent retrieval.

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Synonym(s)

  • VOE

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Alogna, V. K., Attaya, M. K., Aucoin, P., Bahník, Š., Birch, S., Birt, A. R., Bornstein, B. H., Bouwmeester, S., Brandimonte, M. A., Brown, C., Buswell, K., Carlson, C., Carlson, M., Chu, S., Cislak, A., Colarusso, M., Colloff, M. F., Dellapaolera, K. S., Delvenne, J.-F., … Zwaan, R. A. (2014). Registered Replication Report : Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9(5), 556–578. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691614545653

    • Document type: empirical study

    , replication

    • Access: free

  • • Baker, M. A., & Reysen, M. B. (2021). Using intentional and incidental encoding instructions to test the transfer inappropriate processing shift account of verbal overshadowing. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2021.1946545

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Baker, M., & Reysen, M. (2020). The influence of recall instruction type and length on the verbal overshadowing effect. The American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 38, 3–29.

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Dodson, C. S., Seale-Carlisle, T. M., Garrett, B. L., Kafadar, K., & Yaffe, J. (in press). Persistence of the verbal overshadowing and weapon-focus effects on lineup identification performance. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000195

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Hatano, A., Ueno, T., Kitagami, S., & Kawaguchi, J. (2015). Why verbalization of non-verbal memory reduces recognition accuracy: A computational approach to verbal overshadowing. PLoS ONE, 10(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127618

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

  • • Holdstock, J. S., Dalton, P., May, K. A., Boogert, S., & Mickes, L. (2022). Lineup identification in young and older witnesses: Does describing the criminal help or hinder? Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00399-1

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

    • Dataset reference: Holdstock, J., Dalton, P., May, K., Boogert, S., & Mickes, L. (2022, May 10). Lineup identification in young and older witnesses: Does describing the criminal help or hinder?. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/7EA23
  • • Marmurek, H. H. C., Rusyn, R., Zgardau, A., & Zgardau, A.-M. (2022). Verbal overshadowing at an immediate task-test delay is independent of video-task delay. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 34(2), 243–248. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2021.1981916

    • Document type: empirical study

    , replication

    • Access: closed

  • • Meissner, C. A., & Brigham, J. C. (2001). A meta-analysis of the verbal overshadowing effect in face identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15(6), 603‑616. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.728

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

  • • Meissner, C. A., Sporer, S. L., & Susa, K. J. (2008). A theoretical review and meta-analysis of the description-identification relationship in memory for faces. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 20(3), 414–455. https://doi.org/10.1080/09541440701728581

    • Document type: literature review

    , meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

  • • Mickes, L., & Wixted, J. T. (2015). On the applied implications of the “verbal overshadowing effect.” Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(3), 400–403. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691615576762

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Pohl, R. F. (2022). Labeling and overshadowing effects. In R. F. Pohl (Ed.), Cognitive illusions: Intriguing phenomena in thinking, judgment, and memory (3rd ed.). Routledge.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Schooler, J. W., & Engstler-Schooler, T. Y. (1990). Verbal overshadowing of visual memories: Some things are better left unsaid. Cognitive Psychology, 22(1), 36-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(90)90003-M

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Wilson, B. M., Seale-Carlisle, T. M., & Mickes, L. (2018). The effects of verbal descriptions on performance in lineups and showups. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(1), 113–124. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000354

    • Document type: empirical study

    , replication

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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