The Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) task demonstrated that older adults are vulnerable to false memories as shown by a test of:

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The DRM task involves presenting participants with a list of related words (e.g. bed, pillow, dream, rest) and later testing them on their memory for both the presented words and related "lure" words that were not actually presented (e.g. sleep). The task has consistently shown that both younger and older adults are vulnerable to falsely remembering the lure words as having been presented. Studies have found that this effect is particularly pronounced in older adults, suggesting that they may be more susceptible to false memories than younger individuals.

The Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) Task Demonstrated That Older Adults Are Vulnerable