Concept information
Preferred term
tunnel memory
Definition
- A memory phenomenon in which central details of negative emotional events show better memory performance than peripheral details.
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• 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
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-BMLVXX1Z-3 - • 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
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