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Henry Otgaar

(Inter)national publications
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2023 and in press

Buecken, C., Otgaar, H., London, K., Riesthuis, P., Battista, F., & Mangiulli, I. (in press). “Nothing happened”: Legal implications of false denials among abused children. Child Abuse Review.

Howe, M.L., & Otgaar, H. (in press). The counterintuitive course of false memory development during childhood. In M.L. Courage & N. Cowan (Eds.). The development of memory in infancy and childhood (2nd edition). New York: Psychology Press.  

Kloft, L., Otgaar, H., Blokland, A., van Oorsouw, K., Schepers, J., Steinmeyer, S., & Ramaekers, J. (in press). False memories in the field: Impact of substance intoxication and sleep restriction on false memory formation. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.

Otgaar, H. (2023). De sluiproute van publiceren. De Psycholoog (column). 

Otgaar, H. (2023). De ogen van Colin Ross. De Psycholoog (column). 

Otgaar, H., Dodier, O., Garry, M., Howe, M.L., Loftus, E.F., Lynn, S.J., Mangiulli, I., McNally, R.J., & Patihis, L. (in press). Oversimplifications and misrepresentations in the repressed memory debate: A reply to Ross. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., & Dodier, O. (in press). Realistic guidelines on expert witness work concerning memory. Forensic Science International: Mind and Law. 

​Otgaar, H., Riesthuis, Neal, T.M.S, Chin, J., Boskovic, I., & Rassin, E. (in press). If generalization is the Grail, practical relevance is the Nirvana: Considerations from the contribution of psychological science of memory to law. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.

Riesthuis, P., Otgaar, H., Bogaard, G., & Mangiulli, I. (in press). Factors affecting the forced confabulation effect: A meta-analysis of laboratory studies. Memory. 

Vredeveldt, A., Rosmalen, E., van Koppen, P., Dror, I., & Otgaar, H. (in press). Legal psychologists as experts: Guidelines for minimizing bias. Psychology, Crime & Law. 

Zhang, Y., Battista, F., Thissen, D., Otgaar, H., Wang, J., & Jelicic, M. (in press). Examining the associations between nonbelieved memories and memory distrust, self-esteem, and rumination. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. 

 

 

 

2022

Otgaar, H., Curci, C., Mangiulli, I., Battista, F., Rizzotti, E., & Sartori, G, (2022). A court ruled case on therapy-induced false memories. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 67, 2122-2129.

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., & Dodier, O. (2022). What can expert witnesses reliably say bout memory in the courtroom? Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, 3, 100106.  

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., & Patihis, L. (2022). What science tells us about false and repressed memories? Memory, 30, 16-21  

Otgaar, H., & Houben, S. (in druk). Pseudo-herinneringen. In H. Otgaar, H. Merckelbach, & M. Jelicic (Eds.). Rechtspsychologie. Paris Uitgeverij. 

Otgaar, H., Riesthuis, P., Ramaekers, J., Garry, M., & Kloft, L. (2022). The importance of the smallest effect size of interest in expert witness testimony on alcohol and memory. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 7753. 

Otgaar, H., & Wang, J. (2022). Culture and false memories: What we know so far. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 

Otgaar, H., Mangiulli, I., Riesthuis, P., Dodier, O., & Patihis, L. (2022). Changing beliefs in repressed memory and dissociative amnesia. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36, 1234-1250.  

Otgaar, H., Moldoveanu, M.G., Melis, V., & Howe, M.L. (2022). A new method to implant false autobiographical memories: Blind implantation. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 11, 580-586.

Otgaar, H., de Ruiter, C., Horselenberg, R., & Geijsen. K. (2022). De kwaliteit van het kind-interview door Nederlandse studioverhoorders blijft twijfelachtig: Een reactie op Wolters en Poletiek (in druk). Expertise & Recht. 

Otgaar, H. (2022). Misbruik, verdringing en valse herinneringen. Skepter, 35, 14-17. 

De Beuf, T., Bekaert, B., Rassin, E, & Otgaar, H. (2022). Zijn vingersporen onfeilbare getuigen in een strafzaak? Over onbewuste beïnvloeding tijdens vingerafdrukanalyses. In-Mind.

Mangiulli, I., Battista, F., Kafi, N.A, Coveliers, E., Webster, T.C., Curci, A., & Otgaar, H. (2022). False memory and COVID-19: How people fall for fake news about COVID-19 in digital contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 972004.  

Patihis, L., Otgaar, H., Lynn, S. J., Loftus, E. F., & McNally, R. (2022). The recovered memory debate: Wins, losses, and creating future open-minded skeptics. In C. Cobb, S.J. Lynn, W. O’Donohue (Eds) Clinical Psychological Science: The Seminal Work of Scott Lilienfeld. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.

Riesthuis, P., Otgaar, H., de Cort, A., Bogaard, G., & Mangiulli, I. (2022). Creating a false alibi leads to errors of commission and omission. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36, 936-945. 

Riesthuis, P., Otgaar, H., Hope, L., & Mangiulli, I. (2022). Registered report: The effect of incentivized lies on memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36, 1150-1161.  

Riesthuis, P., Mangiulli, I., Bogaard, G., & Otgaar, H. (2022). The impact of fabrication on recognition memory: An experimental study. New Ideas in Psychology, 67, 100966.  

Howe, M.L., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Memory changes. Memory, 3, 229. 

Battista, F., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Research on the effects of lying on memory: A scientometric analysis and a call for new studies. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 837265.  

Buecken, C., Mangiulli, I., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Simulating denial increases false memory rates for abuse-unrelated information. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 40, 433-451. 

Buecken, C., Otgaar, H., Mangiulli, I., Ramakers, N., & Merckelbach, H. (2022). Can false denials turn fact into fiction? The effect of false denials on memory for self-performed actions. Psychological Research.

Buecken, C., Mangiulli, I., Uzun. S., & Otgaar, H. (2022). False denials increase false memories for trauma-related discussions. Memory, 30, 1158-1171.  

Dandachi-Fitzgerald, B., Houben, S., Otgaar, H., van den Hout, M., & Merckelbach, H. (2022). De schaduwkant van psychotherapie: hoe vaak rapporteren patiënten negatieve ervaringen? Tijdschrift voor Psychotherapie, 48, 1-12. 

Erens, B., de Ruiter, C., Otgaar, H., & Humblet, J. (2022). Research-based risk factors for child maltreatment: Do child protection workers use them in their case investigations? The British Journal of Social Work, 52, 3945-3963. 

Erens, B., Otgaar, H., De Ruiter, C., Bragt, D., & Hershkowitz, I. (2022). The NICHD Interview Protocol used by Dutch child protection workers: Effects on interview style, children’s reported information, and susceptibility to suggestion. Applied Cognitive Psychology.

van Helvoort, D., Merckelbach, H., van Nieuwenhuizen, C., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Traits and distorted symptom presentation: A scoping review. Psychological Injury and Law.

Huntjens, R.J.C., Otgaar, H., Pijnenborg, G.H.M., & Wessel, I. (2022). The elusive search for a biomarker of dissociative amnesia: A reaction to Dimitrova et al. (2022). Psychological Medicine.

Irwanda, D.Y., Maulina, D., Sekarmewangi, T.H., Putri, K.M.H., Otgaar, H., & Bücken, C. (2022). The effect of different delivery modes of misinformation on false memories in adolescents and adults. Journal of Cognitive Pychology, 34, 208-216. 

Kloft, L., Otgaar, H., Blokland, A., Toennes, S., & Ramaekers, J. (in press). Remembering Molly: immediate and delayed false memory formation after acute MDMA exposure. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 57, 59-68.   

Mangiulli, I., Otgaar, H., Jelicic, M., & Merckelbach, H. (2022). A critical review of case studies on dissociative amnesia. Clinical Psychological Science, 10, 191-211.  

Mangiulli, I., Hover, N., Howe, M.L., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Crime-related scenarios do not lead to superior memory retention in the survival processing paradigm. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 34, 387-399.

Mirandola, C., Lanciano, T., Battista, F., Otgaar, H., & Curci, A. (2022). Psychopathic personality traits are linked to reduced false memories for negative events. British Journal of Psychology.

Muris, P., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Deconstructing self-compassion. How the continued use of the total score of the Self-Compassion Scale hinders studying a protective construct within the context of psychopathology and stress. Mindfulness, 13, 1403-1409.

Perez, C., London, K., & Otgaar, H. (2022). A review of the differential contributions of language abilities to children’s eyewitness memory and suggestibility. Developmental Review, 63, 101009. 

Rassin, E., Arbiyah, N., Boskovic, I., Otgaar, H., & Merckelbach, H. (2022). Likelihood ratios in psychological expert opinion, and their reception by professional judges. The International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 26, 325-341.  

Riesthuis, P., Mangiulli, I., Broers, N., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Expert opinions on the smallest effect size of interest in false memory research. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 

Sauerland, M., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Teaching psychology students to change (or correct) controversial beliefs about memory works. Memory, 30, 753-762. 

Sumampouw, N., de Ruiter, C., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Potential for police investigator bias: The impact of child sexual abuse victims’ background characteristics on perceived statement credibility, case outcome, and quality of interview questions. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 23, 370-387.

Sumampouw, N., & Otgaar, H., (2022). Cultural factors in child forensic interview: An Indonesian context. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 

Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Don, Q., & Zhou, C. (2022). Self-enhanced false memory across the life span. Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77, 1645-1653. 

Zhang, Y., Otgaar, H., & Wang, J. (2022). Memory distrust is related to memory errors, self-esteem, and personality. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36, 283-292.  

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2021
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Otgaar, H., Horselenberg, H., Rassin, E., Wessel, I., Jelicic, M., Vredeveldt, A., & van Koppen, P. (2021). De wetenschap achter verdrongen en valse herinneringen. De Psycholoog, 58, 10-20. 

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Otgaar, H., Schell-Leugers, J.M., Howe, M.L., De La Fuente Vilar, A., Houben, S., & Merckelbach, H. (2021). The link between suggestibility, compliance, and false confessions: A review using experimental and field studies. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34, 445-455.   

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Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Dodier, O., Lilienfeld, S.O., Loftus, E.F., Lynn, S.J., Merckelbach, H., & Patihis, L. (2021). Belief in unconscious repressed memory persists. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16, 454-460. 

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Arbiyah, N., Otgaar, H., & Rassin, E. (2021). Are victim or eyewitness statements credible? Several ways to check them. In-Mind.

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Battista, F., Mangiulli, I., Riesthuis, P., Curci, A., & Otgaar, H. (2021). Do liars really remember what they lied upon? The impact of fabrication on memory. Memory, 29, 1076-1090.  

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Calado, B., Luke, T., Connolly, D.A.,  Landström, S., & Otgaar, H. (2021). Implanting false autobiographical memories of repeated events. Memory, 29, 1320-1341.

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Battista, F., Otgaar, H., Mangiulli, I., & Curci, A. (2021). The role of executive functions in the effects of lying on memory. Acta Psychologica, 2015, 103295.

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Dodier, O., Otgaar, H., & Lynn, S.J. (2021). A critical analysis of myths about dissociative identity disorder. Annales Médico-psychologiques.

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Geijsen K., De Ruiter, C., & Otgaar, H. (2021). Van politie-verhoorders naar politie-interviewers: Selectie en toekomstige functieprofielen. Cahiers Politiestudies.

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Houben, S.T.L., & Otgaar, H. (2021). Therapie en traumatische herinneringen: een gevaarlijke combinatie in de rechtbank? EMDR magazine, 27, 27. 

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Houben, S. T. L., Otgaar, H., & Roelofs, J. (2021). Psychological myths as therapeutic instruction in EMDR. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 155, 129-139. 

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Houben, S.T.L., Otgaar, H., Roelofs, J., Wessel, I., Patihis, L., & Merckelbach, H. (2021). EMDR practitioners’ beliefs about memory. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 8, 258. 

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Mangiulli, I., Jelicic, M., Patihis, L., & Otgaar, H, (2021). Believing in dissociative amnesia relates to claiming it: A survey of people’s experiences and beliefs about dissociative amnesia. Memory, 29, 1362-1374. 

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Marr, C., Otgaar, H., Sauerland, M., Quaedflieg, C., & Hope, L. (2021). The effects of stress on eyewitness memory: A survey of memory experts and laypeople. Memory & Cognition, 49, 401-421.

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Marr, C., Sauerland, M., Otgaar, H., Quaedflieg, C., & Hope, L. (2021). Mitigating the negative effects of retrieval stress on memory: An arousal reappraisal intervention. Memory, 29, 330-344. 

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Marr, C., Sauerland, M., Otgaar, H., Quaedflief, C., & Hope, L. (2021). The effects of acute stress on eyewitness memory: An integrative review for eyewitness researchers. Memory, 29, 1091-1100.

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Marr, C., Quaedflieg, Q.W.E.M., Otgaar, H., Hope, L., & Sauerland, M. (2021). Facing stress. No effect of acute stress at encoding or retrieval on face recognition memory. Acta Psychologica, 219, 103376.

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Maulina, D., Irwanda, D., Sekarmewangi, T., Putri, K., & Otgaar, H. (2021). How accurate are memories of traffic accidents? Increased false memory levels among motorcyclists when confronted with accident-related word lists. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 80. 275-294. 

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Muris, P., Otgaar, H., López, Kurtic, I., & Van de Laar, I. (2021). The (non)protective role of self-compassion in internalizing symptoms: Two empirical studies in adolescents demonstrating unwanted effects of using the total Self-Compassion Scale score. Mindfulness, 12, 240-252. 

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Schopen, K., Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., & Muris, P. (2021). Effects of forewarnings on children’s and adults’ spontaneous false memories. European Journal of Developmental Psychology.

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Wang, J., Smeets, T., Otgaar, H., & Howe, M.L. (2021). Manipulating memory associations minimized avoidance behavior. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 275.  

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Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Santtila, P., Shen, X., & Zhou, C. (2021). How culture shapes constructive false memory. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 10, 24-32.  

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Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., & Cheng, S. (2021). Self-referential false associations: A self-enhanced constructive effect for verbal, but not pictorial stimuli. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

2020

Otgaar, H., Arbiyah, N., & Mangiulli, I., (2020). The toolbox of memory experts working as expert witnesses. In R. Horselenberg & V. Van Koppen (Eds.). Liber Amicorum Peter van Koppen. 

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Otgaar, H., & de Ruiter, C. (2020). De betrouwbaarheid van verklaringen van kinderen. Pedagogiek, 40, 233-248.

 

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Mangiulli, I., & Bücken, C. (2020). The impact of false denials on forgetting and false memory. Cognition, 202, 104322.

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Otgaar, H., Sagana, A., & Tupper, N. (2020). A brief reflection on Open Science. Psychological Research on Urban Society, 3, 1-5.

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Otgaar, H., Wang, J., Howe, M.L., Dodier, O., Lilienfeld, S.O., Loftus, E.F., Lynn, S.J., Merckelbach, H., & Patihis, L. (2020). Skirting the issue: What does believing in repression mean? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149, 2005-2006.

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Otgaar, H., Wang, J., Howe, M.L., Lilienfeld, S.O., Loftus, E.F., Lynn, S.J., Merckelbach, H., & Patihis, L. (2020). Belief in unconscious repressed memory is widespread: A comment on Brewin, Li, Ntarantana, Unsworth, and McNeilis (2019). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149, 1996-2000.

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Battista, F., Mangiulli, I., Herter, J., Curci, A., & Otgaar, H. (2020). The effects of repeated denials and fabrications on memory. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 32, 369-381.

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Battista, F., Mangiulli, I., Curci, A., Riesthuis, P., & Otgaar, H. (2020). Can we believe in our own lies? In-Mind.

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Battista, F., Otgaar, H., Lanciano, T., & Curci, A. (2020). Individual differences impact memory for a crime: A study on executive functions resources. Consciousness and Cognition, 84, 103000. 

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Deferme, D., & Otgaar, H. (2020). Onverjaarbaarheid bij ernstige seksuele misdrijven op minderjarigen. Enkele kritische overwegingen. Nieuw Juridisch Weekblad. 

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Denault, V., Plusquellec, P., Jupe, L. M., St-Yves, M., Dunbar, N. E., Hartwig, M., Sporer, S. L., Rioux-Turcotte, J., Jarry, J., Walsh, D., Otgaar, H., Viziteu, A., Talwar, V., Keatley, D. A., Blandón-Gitlin, I., Townson, C., Deslauriers-Varin, N., Lilienfeld, S. O., Patterson, M. L., Areh, I., Allan, A., Evans Cameron, H., Boivin, R., ten Brinke, L., Masip, J., Bull, R., Cyr, M., Hope, L., Strömwall, L. A., Bennett, S. J., Al Menaiya, F., Leo, R. A., Vredeveldt, A., Laforest, M., Honts, C. R., Manzanero, A. L., Mann, S., Granhag, P.-A., Ask, K., Gabbert, F., Guay, J.-P., Coutant, A., Hancock, J., Manusov, V., Burgoon, J. K., Kleinman, S. M., Wright, G., Landström, S., Freckelton, I., Vernham, Z., & van Koppen, P. J. (2020). The analysis of nonverbal communication: The dangers of pseudoscience in security and justice contexts. Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, 30, 1-12. 

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Erens, B, Otgaar, H., Patihis, L., & De Ruiter, C. (2020). Beliefs about children’s memory and child investigative interviewing practices in Dutch child protection professionals from ‘Safe Home’. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 546187.  

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Houben, S.T.L., Otgaar, H., Rassin, E. & Merckelbach, H. (2020). Getuigen die Eye Movement Desentisation and Reprocessing ondergaan: een riskante osmose tussen psychologie en recht. Expertise & Recht, 4, 119-123.

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Houben, S.T.L., Otgaar, H., Roelofs, J., Smeets, T., & Merckelbach, H. (2020). Increases of correct memories and spontaneous false memories due to eye movements when memories are retrieved after a time delay. Behavior Research and Therapy, 125, 103456.

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Kloft, L., Otgaar, H., Blokland, A., Monds, L.A., Toennes, S.W., Loftus, E.F., & Ramakers, J. (2020). Cannabis increases susceptibility to false memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 4585-4589. 

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Li, E., Wang, J., & Otgaar, H. (2020). Creating nonbelieved memories for bizarre actions using an imagination inflation procedure. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34, 1277-1286.

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Mangiulli, I., Otgaar, H., Curci, A., & Jelicic. M. (2020). An experimental investigation of the misinformation effect in crime-related amnesia claims. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34, 1092-1100.

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Merckelbach, H., Otgaar, H., & Jelicic, M. (2020). Psychopathologische betekenis van fantasiegeneigdheid gemeten met de Creatieve Ervaringen-Vragenlijst: een meta-analyse. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie, 62, 457-464.

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Merckelbach, H., Otgaar, H., & Lynn, S.J. (in press). Empirical research on fantasy proneness and its correlates 2000-2018: A meta-analysis. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice.

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Muris, P., & Otgaar, H. (2020). The process of science: A critical evaluation of more than 15 years of research on self-compassion with the Self-Compassion Scale. Mindfulness, 11, 1469-1482.

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Muris, P., Otgaar, H., Meesters, C., Papasileka, E., & Pineda, D. (2020). The Dark Triad and honest-humility: A preliminary study on the relations to pornography use. Dignity: A Journal of Sexual Exploitation and Violence, 5, Article 3. 

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Riesthuis, P., Otgaar, H., Mangiulli, I., & de Tauzia, R. (2020). Adopting a fictitious autobiography: Fabrication inflation or deflation? Memory.

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Riesthuis, P., Otgaar, H., & Bogaard, G. (2020). De man van 600 moorden: Kunnen we in onze eigen leugens geloven? De Psycholoog.

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Sauerland, M., Otgaar, H., Maegherman, E., & Sagana, A. (2020). Allegiance bias in statement reliability evaluations is not eliminated by two-sides instructions. Journal of Psychology, 228, 210-215.

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Sumampouw, N., Otgaar, H., & de Ruiter, C. (2020). The relevance of certain case characteristics in the successful prosecution of child sexual abuse cases in Indonesia. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 29, 984-1003.

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Sumampouw, N., Otgaar, H., LaRooy, D., & de Ruiter, C. (2020). The quality of forensic child interviewing in child sexual abuse cases in Indonesia. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 35, 170-181.

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Van Helvoort, D., Otgaar, H., & Merckelbach, H. (2020). Worsening of self-reported symptoms through suggestive feedback. Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 359-365.

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Van Helvoort, D., Stobbe, E., Benning, R., Otgaar, H., & van de Ven, V. (2020). Psychical exploration of a virtual reality environment: Effects on spatiotemporal associative recognition of episodic memory. Memory & Cognition. 

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Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Bisback, A., Smeets, T., & Howe, M.L. (2020). The consequences of implicit and explicit be

liefs on food preferences. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. 

 

 

2019

Dodier, O., Melinder, A.,Otgaar, H., Payoux, M., & Magnussen, S. (2019). Psychologists and psychiatrists in court: What do they know about memory? A comparison of experts in inquisitorial and adversarial legal systems. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 34, 254-262.

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Deferme, D., & Otgaar, H, (2019). Onverjaarbaarheid bij ernstige seksuele misdrijven op minderjarigen: tijd voor eenonafhankelijke commissie? De Juristenkrant.

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Dodier, O., & Otgaar, H. (2019). The forensic and clinical relevance of investigative interviewing in historic sexual abuse cases. Clinical Psychological Science, 7, 1244-1248.

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Erens, B., De Ruiter C., Van Bragt, D., & Otgaar, H. (2019). De Handreikingen Kindermishandeling van het Openbaar Ministerie: Onwetenschappelijk en niet kindgericht. Nederlands Juristenblad, 27,1932-1938.

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Hope, L., Nash, R.A., Otgaar, H., Rubinova, E., Patihis, L., Costall, A., & Blank, H. (2019). Remembering James Ost. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 8,496-497.

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Kloft, L., Otgaar, H., Blokland, A., Garbaciak, A., Monds, L. A., & Ramaekers, J. G. (2019). False memory formation in cannabis users: A field study. Psychopharmacology, 236, 3439-3450.

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Otgaar, H. (2019). Geheugenleugens. In brieven aan jonge criminologen. 

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Otgaar, H., Bücken, C., Bogaard, G., Wade, K.A., Hopwood, A.R., Scoboria, A., & Howe, M.L. (2019). Nonbelieved memories in the False Memory Archive. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 8, 429-438.

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Otgaar, H., de Ruiter, C., La Rooy, D., Horselenberg, R., Hershkowitz, I. & Geijsen, K. (2019). The burden of proof of the Dutch police: Why the scenario model continues to deliver low-quality child interview.Applied Cognitive Psychology. 

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Otgaar, H., Chan, J.C.K., Calado, B., & La Rooy, D. (2019). Immediate interviewing increases children’s suggestibility in the short term, but not in the long term. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 24, 24-40.

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Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Patihis, L., Merckelbach, H., Lynn. S.J., Lilienfeld, S.O., & Loftus, E.F. (2019). The return of the repressed: The persistent and problematic claims of long-forgotten trauma. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14, 1072-1095.

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Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Muris, P., & Merckelbach, H. (in press). Dealing with false memories in children and adults: Recommendations for the legal arena. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 6, 97-93.

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Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Muris, P., & Merckelbach, H. (2019). Associative activation as a mechanism underlying false memory formation.Clinical Psychological Science.

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Otgaar, H., & Howe, M.L. (2019). When children’s testimonies are used as evidence: How children’s accounts may impact child custodial decisions. Journal of Child Custody.

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Otgaar, H., La Rooy, D., Horselenberg, R., Herskowitz, I., de Ruiter, C., Blezer, L., & Kidane, R. (2019). Assessing the quality of child investigative interviewing in the Netherlands. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 

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Calado, B., Otgaar, H., & Muris, P. (2019). Are children better witnesses than adolescents? Developmental trend in different false memory paradigms. Journal of Child Custody, 5, 330-348.

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Houben, S., Otgaar, H., Roelofs, J., & Merckelbach, H. (2019). EMDR and false memories: A response to Lee, de Jongh, and Hase (2018). Clinical Psychological Science.

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Howe, M.L., & Otgaar, H. (2019). Towards a complete understanding of memory: Theoretically important failures to reject the null hypothesis. Memory.

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Merckelbach, H., Dandachi-Fitzgerald, B., van Helvoort, D., Jelicic, M., & Otgaar, H. (2019). When patients over-report symptoms: more than malingering. Current Directions in Psychological Science.

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Muris, P., Otgaar, H., & Pfattheicher, S. (2019). Stripping the forest from the rotten trees: Compassionate self-responding is a way of coping, but reduced uncompassionate self-responding mainly reflects psychopatholgy. Mindfulness, 10, 196-199. 

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Muris, P., Otgaar, H., Meesters, C., Heutz, A., van den Hombergh, M. (2019). Self-compassion and adolescents’ positive and negative cognitive reactions to daily life problems. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28, 1433-1444.

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Patihis, L., Otgaar, H., & Merckelbach, H. (2019). Expert witnesses, dissociative amnesia, and extraordinary remembering: Response to Brand et al. Psychological Injury and Law, 12, 281-285.

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Riesthuis, P., Otgaar, H., & Wang, J. (2019). Differences between bilinguals and monolinguals in false memory production: A look into the DRM paradigm using contextual details.Psychological Research on Urban Society. 

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Romeo, T., Otgaar, H., Landström, S., & Smeets, T. (2019). The impact of lying about a traumatic virtual reality experience on memory. Memory & Cognition. 

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Romeo, T., Otgaar, H., Smeets, T., Landström, S., & Jelicic, M. (2019). The memory impairing effects of simulated amnesia for a mock crime. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33, 983-990.

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Sauerland, M., Brackmann, N., & Otgaar, H. (2019). Rapport: Little effect on children’s, adolescents’, and adults’ statement quantity, accuracy, and suggestibility. Journal of Child Custody.

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Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., & Zhou, C. (2019). A self-reference false memory effect in the DRM paradigm: Evidence from Eastern and Western samples. Memory & Cognition

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2018 

Calado, B., Otgaar, H., Luke, T. J., & Landström (2018). Remembering what never occurred? Children's false memories for repeated experiences. InMind, 37.

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Houben, S., Otgaar, H., Roelofs, J., & Merckelbach, H. (2018). Lateral eye movements increase false memory rates. Clinical Psychological Science, 6, 610-616.

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Merckelbach, H., Houben, S.T.L., Dandachi-Fitzgerald, Otgaar, H., & Roelofs, J. (2018). Als psychotherapie faalt. De Psycholoog, 10, 10-21.

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Muris, P., van der Broek, M., Otgaar, H., Oudenhoven, I., & Lennartz, J. (2018). Good and bad sides of self-compassion: A face validity check of the Self-Compassion Scale and an investigation of its relations to coping and emotional  symptoms in non-clinical adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 2411-2421.

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Otgaar, H. (2018). Zelfbeheersing kost toch geen moeite. Skepter

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Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Merckelbach, H., & Muris, P. (2018). Who is the better eyewitness? Sometimes children but at other times adults. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27, 378-385.

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Otgaar, H., Wang, J., Fränken, J., & Howe, M.L. (2018). Believing does not equal remembering: The effects of social feedback and objective evidence on belief in occurrence, belief in accuracy, and recollection. Acta Psychologica, 191, 271-280.

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Otgaar, H., Romeo, T., Ramakers, N., & Howe, M.L. (2018). Forgetting having denied: The “amnesic” consequences of denial. Memory & Cognition, 46, 520-529.

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Otgaar, H., & Baker, A. (2018). When lying changes memory for the truth. Memory,26, 2-14. 

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Otgaar, H., Houben, S., & Howe, M.L. (2018). Methods of studying false memory. In B.L. Schwartz & H. Otani (Eds.). Research methods in human memory research. 

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Romeo, T., Otgaar, H., & Landström, S. (2018). Coping with sexual abuse. Psychological Research on Urban Society. 

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Scoboria, A., Otgaar, H., & Mazzoni, G. (2018). Defending and reducing belief in memories: An experimental laboratory analogue. Memory & Cognition. 

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Van Impelen, A., Jelicic, M., Otgaar, H., & Merckelbach, H. (2018). Detecting feigned cognitive impairment with Schretlen’s Malingering Scale Vocabulary and Abstraction Test. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 

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Vredeveldt, A., Otgaar, H., Merckelbach, H., & van Koppen, P. (2018). Het Rechtspsychologisch Deskundigenrapport. Expertise & Recht.

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Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Lippe, F., & Smeets, T. (2018). The nature and consequences of false memories for visual stimuli. Journal of Memory and Language, 101, 124-135.

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Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Smeets, T., Howe, M.L., Merckelbach, H., & Zhou, Z. (2018). Consequences of false memories in eyewitness testimony. A review and implications for Chinese legal practice. Psychological Research on Urban Society. 

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2017 

Sauerland, M., Krix, A. C., Otgaar, H., & Merckelbach, H. (2017). "Ik weet het zeker, meneer de agent!" Waarom subjectieve zekerheid iets zegt over de accuraatheid van een ooggetuigenidentificatie. Expertise & Recht, 5, 198-204.

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Otgaar, H., Muris, P., Howe, M. L., & Merckelbach, H. (2017). What drives false memories in psychopathology? A case for associative activation. Clinical Psychological Science, 5, 1048-1069.

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Otgaar, H., Howe, M. L., Brackmann, N., & van Helvoort, D. (2017). Eliminating age differences in children's and adults' memory conformity and suggestibility. Developmental Psychology, 53, 962-970.

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Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., & Muris, P. (2017). Maltreatment increases spontaneous false memories, but decreases suggestion-induced false memories in children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 35, 376-391.

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Alberts, H., & Otgaar, H., & Kalagi, J. (2017). Minding the source: The impact of mindfulness on source monitoring. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 22, 302-313

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Brackmann, N., Otgaar, H., as Hjelmsater, M. R., & Sauerland, M. (2017). Testing a new approach to improve recall in different ages: Providing witnesses with a model statement. Translation Issues in Psychological Science, 3, 131-142.

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Merckelbach, H., & Otgaar, H. (2017). De duizend – of tweeduizend? – onschuldigen van Derksen. Nederlands Juristenblad, 7, 450-453.  

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Muris, P., Merckelbach, H,. Otgaar, H., & Meijer, E. (2017). The malevolent side of human nature: A meta-analysis and critical review of the literature on the Dark Triad (narcissism, Machiavellinism, and psychopathy). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12, 183-204.

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Otgaar, H., Moldoveanu, G., Wang, J., & Howe, M. L. (2017). Exploring the consequences of nonbelieved memories in the DRM paradigm. Memory, 25, 922-933.
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Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Smeets, T., Merckelbach, H., & Nahouli, Z. (2017). Undermining belief in false memories leads to less efficient problem-solving. Memory, 25, 910-921. 
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Smeets, T., Merckelbach, H., Jelicic, M., & Otgaar, H. (2017). Dangerously neglecting courtroom realities. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31, 26-27.
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Otgaar, H., De Ruiter , C., Howe, M.L., Hoetmer, L., & Van Reekum, P. (2017). A case concerning children's false memories of abuse: Recommendations regarding expert witness work. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law, 24, 365-378. 
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Otgaar, H., Scoboria, A., & Mazzoni, G. (2017). Theoretical and applied issues regarding autobiographical belief and recollection. Memory, 25, 865-868.
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Otgaar, H., Merckelbach, H., Jelicic, M., & Smeets, T. (2017). The potential for false memories is bigger than Brewin and Andrews suggest. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31, 24-25.
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Merckelbach, H., & Otgaar, H. (2017). Merckelbach en Otgaar antwoorden. Nederlandse Juristenblad, 24, 808-809.

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2016

Brackmann, N., Otgaar, H., Sauerland, M., & Howe, M.L. (2016). The effect of testing on the formation of children and adults' false memories. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30, 785-794. 

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Brackmann, N., Granhag, P. A., Roos af Hjelmsäter, E., Sauerland, M., & Otgaar, H. (2016). Practitioners’ knowledge about nuanced age-trends in false memory propensity - a vignette study. Manuscript in preparation. 

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Brackmann, N., Otgaar, H., Sauerland, M. (2016). (How) Does current praxis to build rapport work to improve eyewitness recall? Manuscript in preparation.

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Brackmann, N., Otgaar, H., Sauerland, M., & Jelicic, M. (2016). When children are the least vulnerable to false memories: A true report or a case of autosuggestion? Journal of Forensic Sciences. 61, 271–275. 

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Brackmann, N., Sauerland, M., & Otgaar, H. (2016). Developmental trends in lineup performance: adolescents are more prone to innocent bystander misidentifications than children and adults. Manuscript submitted for publication.

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Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Brackmann, N., & Wang, J. (2016). When children are the worst and best eyewitnesses: Factors behind the development of false memory. In R.Nash & J.Ost. (Eds). False and Distorted Memories.

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Otgaar, H., Scoboria, A., Howe, M.L., Moldoveanu, G., & Smeets, T. (2016). Challenging memories in children and adults using an imagination inflation procedure. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 3, 270-283

 

Otgaar, H., Cleere, C., Merckelbach, H., Peters, M., Jelicic, M., & Lynn, S.J. (2016). On the alleged memory-undermining effect of daydreaming. Consciousness & Cognition, 39, 8-17. 

 

Van Can, S., Dodier, O., Otgaar, H., & Verkampt, F. (2016). The benefits of mutiple recollection strategies on adolescents' testimonies: Quality versus within-statement consistency. Jourmal of Forensic Practice, 18, 118-130. 

 

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Brackmann, N., & Smeets, T. (2016). The malleability of developmental trends in neutral and negative memory illusions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145, 31-55.

 

Quas, J.A., Rush, E.B., Yim, I.S., Edelstein, R.S., Otgaar, H., & Smeets, T. (2016). Stress and emotional valence effects on children's versus adolescents' true and false memory. Memory, 24, 696-707. 

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Otgaar, H., & Merckelbach, H. (2016). Praten kan wel kwaad: Waar is de bijsluiter? PsychoPraktijk, 8, 10-11. 

 

Otgaar, H., Van Ransem, R., Pauw, C., & Horselenberg, R. (2016). Improving children's interviewing methods? The effects of drawing and practice on children's memories for an event. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 31, 270-287.
 
Muris, P., Otgaar, H., & Petrochhi, N. (2016). Protection as the mirror image of psychopathology: Further critical notes on the Self-Compassion Scale. Mindfulness, 7, 787-790.
 
Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Smeets, T., & Wang, J. (2016). Denial-induced forgetting: False denials undermine memory, but external denials undermine belief. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 5, 168-175.

 

Sauerland, M., Raymaekers, L.H.C., Otgaar, H., Memon, A., Waltjen, T., Nivo, M., Slegers, C., Broers, N., & Smeets, T. (2016). Stress, stress-induced cortical responses, and eyewitness identification performance. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 34, 580-594.

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2015

Brackmann, N., Otgaar, H., Sauerland, M., & Merckelbach, H. (2015). Children are poor witnesses. Or are they? In Mind, 24, 1-6. 

 

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Van Beers, J., Van Hoof, R., Bronzwaer, N., & Smeets, T. (2015). The positive ramifications of false memories using a perceptual closure task. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4, 43-50.

 

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Memon, A., & Wang, J. (2015). The development of differential mnemonic effects of false denials and forced confabulations. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 

 

Meyer, T., Otgaar, H., & Smeets, T. (2015). Flashbacks, intrusions, mind-wandering - instances of an involuntary memory spectrum: A commentary on Takarangi, Strange, and Lindsay (2014). Consciousness and Cognition, 33, 24-29.

 

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Clark, A., Wang, J., & Merckelbach, H. (2015). What if you went to the police and accused your uncle of abuse? Misunderstanding concerning the benefits of memory distortion: A commentary on Fernandez (in press). Consciousness and Cognition. 

 

Otgaar, H, Jelicic, M., Brackmann, N., van der Poort, J., van den Brink, T., & Cernohorsky, P. (2015). Over de vermeende kwetsbaarheid van jonge getuigen. In-Mind. 

 

Otgaar, H., Jelicic, M.,  & Smeets, T. (2015). Adaptive memory: Identifying the proximate roots of the survival processing advantage. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 149, 339-355.

 

Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Smeets, T., & Merckelbach, H. (2015). Nonbelieved memories: About what will occur when you do not believe in your memories. In-Mind.  
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Hagger, M. S., Chatzisarantis, N. L. D., Alberts, H., Anggono, C. O., Batailler, C., Birt, A., …Otgaar, H.,  Zwienenberg, M. (2015). A multi-lab pre-registered replication of the egodepletion effect. Perspectives on Psychological Science

 

Meyer, T., Otgaar, H., & Smeets, T. (2015). Flashbacks, intrusions, mind-wandering- Instances of an involuntary memory spectrum. Commentary on Takarangi, Strange, and Lindsay (2014). Consciousness and Cognition, 33, 24-29.
 
2014

Otgaar, H., & Howe, M.L. (2014). What kind of memory has evolution wrought? Memory, 22, 1-8.

 

Otgaar, H., Jelicic, M., & Merckelbach, H. (in press). Het kind als getuige: Enkele misvattingen. Expertise & Recht.

 

Otgaar, H., & Smeets, T. (in press). Spinoza’s gelijk: Over het niet geloven in onze herinneringen. De Psycholoog.

 

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Peters, M., Smeets, T., & Moritz, S. (2014). The production of spontaneous false memories in childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 121, 28-41.

 

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Smeets, T., & Garner, S. (2014). Developmental trends in adaptive memory. Memory, 22, 103-117.

 

Otgaar, H., Mazzoni, G., & Scoboria, A. (2014). On the existence and implications of nonbelieved memories. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23, 349-354. 

 

Raymaekers, L., Otgaar, H., & Smeets, T. (2014). The longevity of adaptive memory: Evidence for mnemonic advantages of survival processing 24 and 48 hours later. Memory, 22, 19-25.

 

Sauerland, M., Sagana, A., Otgaar, H., & Broers, N. (2014). Self-relevance does not moderate choice blindness in adolescents and children. PLOS One, 9, 1-9. 

 

Merckelbach, H., Otgaar, H., Van Kan, N., & Van Impelen, A. (2014). De Schretlen Malingering Scale (MsG) als maat voor onderpresteren. Tijdschrift voor Neuropsychologie, 9, 239-249. 

 

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2013
Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., Smeets, T., Raymaekers, L., & van Beers, J. (2013). Memory errors in adaptive recollections. In B. Schwartz, M.L. Howe, M. Toglia, & H. Otgaar. (2013). What is adaptive about adaptive memory? Oxford University Press.

 

Otgaar, H., Scoboria, A., & Smeets, T. (2013). Experimentally evoking nonbelieved memories for childhood events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 39, 717-730

 

Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., T., Peters, M., Sauerland, M., & Raymaekers, L. (2013). Developmental trends in different types of spontaneous false memories: Implications for the legal field. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 31, 666-682.

 

Otgaar, H., Sauerland, M., & Petrila, J. (2013). Novel shifts in memory research and their impact in the legal process. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 31, 531-540.

 

Howe, M.L., & Otgaar, H. (2013). Proximate mechanisms and the development of adaptive memory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 16-22.

 

Schwartz, B., Howe, M.L.,. Toglia, M., & Otgaar, H. (2013). What is adaptive about adaptive memory? Oxford University Press.

 

Thijssen, J., Otgaar, H., Howe, M.L., & De Ruiter, C. (2013). Emotional true and false memories in children with callous-unemotional traits. Cognition & Emotion, 27, 761-768.

 

Otgaar, H. (2013). Een update van de forensische psychologie. Expertise & Recht.

 

Sauerland, M., Schell, J., & Otgaar, H. (2013). Over hoe misleidende tactieken valse bekentenissen in de hand werken: Keuzeblindheid in de verhoorkamer. Expertise & Recht. 

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2012

Otgaar, H., Alberts, H. , & Cuppens, L. (2012). Ego depletion results in an increase in spontaneous false memories. Consciousness and Cognition.

 

Otgaar, H., Alberts, H., & Cuppens, L. (2012). How cognitive resources alter our perception of the past: Ego depletion enhances the susceptibility to suggestion. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, 159-163.

 

Otgaar, H., Horselenberg, R., van Kampen, R., & Lalleman, K. (2012). Clothed and unclothed human figure drawings lead to more correct and incorrect reports of touch in children. Psychology, Crime & Law, 18, 641-653.

 

Otgaar, H., Peters, M., & Howe, M.L. (2012). Dividing attention lowers children’s but increases adults’ false memories . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

 

Otgaar, H., Verschuere, B,. Meijer, E., & van Oorsouw, K. (2012). Children’s implanted false memories originate from memory traces, not compliance. Acta Psychologica, 139, 397-403.

 

Otgaar, H., Smeets, T., & Peters, M. (2012). Children’s implanted false memories and additional script knowledge. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, 709-715.

 

Peters, M.J.V., Engel, M., Hauschildt, M., Morizt, S., Jelinek, L., & Otgaar, H. (2012). Investigating the corrective effect of forewarning on memory and meta-memory in schizophrenia patients. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology.

 

Raymaekers, L., Smeets, T., Peters, M.J.V., Otgaar, H., & Merckelbach, H. (2012). The classification of recovered memories: A cautionary note. Consciousness & Cognition.

 

Smeets, T., Otgaar, H., Peters, M.J.V., Raymaekers, L., & Merckelbach, H. (2012). Survival processing in times of stress. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

 

Scoboria, A., Wysman, L., & Otgaar, H. (2012). Credible suggestions affect false autobiographical belief. Memory, 20, 429-442.

 

Sauerland, M., Sagana, A., & Otgaar, H. (2012). Theoretical and legal issues related to choice blindness for voices. Legal and Criminological Psychology.

 

Thijssen, J., Otgaar, H., Meijer, E., Smeets, T., & De Ruiter, C. (in press). Emotional memory for central and peripheral details in children with callous-unemotional traits. Behavioral Sciences & the Law.

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2011

Otgaar, H., & Candel, I. (2011). Children's false memories: Different false memory paradigms reveal different results. Psychology, Crime & Law, 17, 513-518.

 

Otgaar, H., Smeets, T., Merckelbach, H., Jelicic, M., Verschuere, B., Galliot, A., & van Riel, L. (2011). Adaptive memory: Stereotype activation is not enough. Memory & Cognition, 39, 1033-1041

 

Verschuere, B., Spruyt, A., Meijer, E., & Otgaar, H. (2011). The ease of lying. Consciousness & Cognition.

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2010

Howe, M., Candel, I., Otgaar, H., Malone, C., & Wimmer, M.C. (2010). Valence and the development of immediate and long-term false memory illusions. Memory, 18, 58-75.

 

Otgaar, H. (2010). De zaak Robert M. [The case Robert M.]. NRC Handelsblad.

 

Otgaar, H. (2010). Het gevaar van geheugenillusies bij kinderen in de rechtzaal [The danger of children’s memory illusions in court]. Asega, 29, 11.

 

Otgaar, H. (2010). Het ontstaan van pseudo-herinneringen van kinderen. Over de rol van plausibiliteit, valentie en kennis [The development of children's false memories. The role of plausibility, valence, and knowledge]. Ars Aequi, 7, 513-517.

 

Otgaar, H., Candel, I., Memon, A., & Almerigogna, J. (2010). Differentiating between children's true and false memories using Reality Monitoring criteria. Psychology, Crime & Law, 16, 555-566.

 

Otgaar, H., Candel, I., Scoboria, A., & Merckelbach, H. (2010). Script knowledge enhances the development of children's false memories. Acta Psychologica, 133, 57-63.

 

Otgaar, H., Candel, I., Smeets, T., & Merckelbach, H. (2010). "You didn't take Lucy's skirt off": The effect of misleading information on omissions and commissions in children's memory reports. Legal & Criminological Psychology, 15, 229-241.

 

Otgaar, H., Meijer, E.H., Giesbrecht, G., Smeets, T., Candel, I., & Merckelbach, H. (2010). Children's suggestion-induced omission errors are not caused by memory erasure. Consciousness and Cognition, 19, 265-269.

 

Otgaar, H., & Smeets, T. (2010). Adaptive memory: Survival processing increases both true and false memory in adults and children. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36, 1010-1016.

 

Otgaar, H., Smeets, T., & van Bergen, S. (2010). Picturing survival memories: Enhanced memory after fitness-relevant processing occurs for verbal and visual stimuli. Memory & Cognition, 38, 23-28.

 

Otgaar, H., Smeets, T., & Merckelbach, H. (2010). De nieuwste hit in geheugenland: survival processing [The newest hit in memory land: Survival processing]. De Psycholoog, 12, 10-17.

 

Raymaekers, L., Peters, M., Otgaar, H., & Smeets, T. (2010). Het classificatieprobleem bij onderzoek naar hervonden herinneringen [The classification problem in recovered memory research]. GZ-psychologie, 8, 20-27.

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2009

Otgaar, H., Candel, I., Merckelbach, H., & Wade, K.A. (2009). Abducted by a UFO: Prevalence information affects young children’s false memories for an implausible event. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 115-125.

 

Otgaar, H. (2009). Not all false memory paradigms are appropriate in court. In L. Strömwall & P.A. Granhag (Eds.), Memory: Reliability and personality (pp. 37-46). Göteborg: Göteborg University.

 

De Ruiter, C., & Otgaar, H. (2009). Zo onderzoek je geen zedenzaken. [That's not how you should investigate sexual abuse cases] NRC Handelsblad.

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2008

Otgaar, H.P., Candel, I., & Merckelbach, H. (2008). Children's false memories: Easier to elicit for a negative than a neutral event. Acta Psychologica, 128, 350-354. 

 

Candel, I., & Otgaar, H. (2008). De (on)mogelijkheden van de getuige-deskundige in zedenzaken [The (im)possibilities of the expert witness in child sexual abuse cases]. Expertise en Recht, 3, 83-86

 

Smeets, T., Otgaar, H., Candel, I., & Wolf, O.T. (2008). True or false? Memory is differentially affected by stress-induced cortisol elevations and sympathetic activity at consolidation and retrieval. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 33, 1378-1386. 

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2007

Otgaar, H.P., & Candel, I. (2007). Kinderen en valse herinneringen: de rol van valentie [Children and false memories: The role of valence]. Kind en Adolescent, 28, 236-247.

 

Otgaar, H.P., & Candel, I. (2007). Herinneringen kleuters Heerle wellicht vals. [Memories children Heerle probably false]. Dagblad de Limburger.

 

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