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Subjects studied lists of category exemplars with the highest and lowest fr
equency exemplars of those categories excluded. In Experiment 1, first and
fifth grade children and college students falsely recognized pictures of re
lated-high-frequency category exemplars more than related-low-frequency or
unrelated exemplars. The magnitude of this false memory effect was comparab
le across all age groups and it increased after a 3-day delay. In Experimen
t 2. college students falsely recognized related-high-frequency word exempl
ars more than related-low-frequency or unrelated exemplars when exposure du
ration at study was 2 s or 20 ms per item. Similar to recent findings with
converging associates (Seamon et al.. 1998), even subjects who could not re
cognize list; words following rapid exposure still demonstrated false memor
y of related-nonstudied category exemplars. These findings were discussed i
n terms of implicit activation and fuzzy trace interpretations of false mem
ory. (C) 2000 Academic Press.