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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > tunnel memory

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tunnel memory  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon in which central details of negative emotional events show better memory performance than peripheral details.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Berntsen, D. (2002). Tunnel memories for autobiographical events: Central details are remembered more frequently from shocking than from happy experiences. Memory & Cognition, 30(7), 1010–1020. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03194319

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

  • • Davis, D., Hogan, A. A., & Hart, D. J. (2024). Myths of trauma memory: On the oversimplification of effects of attention narrowing under stress. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1294730

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Safer, M. A., Christianson, S.-Å., Autry, M. W., & Österlund, K. (1998). Tunnel memory for traumatic events. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 12(2), 99–117. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199804)12:2<99::AID-ACP509>3.0.CO;2-7

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-BMLVXX1Z-3

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