Self and mother referential processing in phonological false memory

The current study used phonological DRM and self-reference paradigms to examine whether phonological false memory was affected by self and mother referential processing. In Experiment 1 and 2, words in the Deese–Roediger–McDermott lists were presented to participants with their own name, their mother's name or "Lu Xun". Words were presented with their own name and "Lu Xun" in Experiment 3 to compare the effect of self and other referential processing specifically. The results revealed that true recognition rates were not different between self-reference and mother-reference conditions and both were higher than the other-reference condition; there were no significant differences in false recognition rates among the self-reference, mother-reference and other-reference conditions. The findings are discussed in terms of theories of the self and mother reference effects and phonological false memory.