ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we compare fuzzy-trace theory and source-monitoring theory, two approaches that have posited mechanisms explaining the role of source information for memory tasks. Fuzzy-trace theory proposes a memory system consisting of two kinds of representations: Gist and verbatim. We discuss how fuzzy-trace theory explains source confusions by way of interactions thought to occur between gist and verbatim representations. In doing so, ways that fuzzy-trace theory differs from the source-monitoring framework are highlighted and discussed. General findings from the eyewitness suggestibility literature, as well as a specific study, are used as a base from which to discuss differences between the two theories.
