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I found even the intro to this article difficult to read, as it jumped right into technical psych jargon - and I've studied a lot of psychology over the years. So I expect it's really daunting to someone totally unfamiliar with the field. Perhaps someone familiar with this particular subject could reword the intro for laymen? Bookbrad (talk) 16:14, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the introductory paragraph is a bit complex and does not necessarily invite people to be learning more about the topic--It assumes a certain degree of knowledge about this topic from the start. I would like to add a more relatable example, along the lines of "For example, individuals may learn about a current event from a friend, but later report having learned about it on the local news." Also, I believe the first sentence should be made more clear, such as "A source-monitoring error is a type of memory error where the source of a memory is incorrectly attributed to some specific recollected experience." I believe this clarifies the true definition of a source-monitoring error by establishing first that the misattribution of the source is the defining factor. Jasonbrovich (talk) 03:30, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification of old-new recognition

The short section on old-new recognition makes no mention of actually presenting items to the subjects, but rather just how they are supposed to be recognizing them. Also, explaining it as "a participant indicates if an item is new by responding "no" and vice versa" is probably the most roundabout way to be explaining this relatively straightforward task. Minor grammatical errors. Jasonbrovich (talk) 04:18, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]