Concept information
Preferred term
overgeneral memory bias
Definition
- A tendency to recall overgeneral autobiographical memories rather than specific memories observed, for example, in depressed patients.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- overgenerality
- overgeneral memory effect
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Barry, T. J., Hallford, D. J., & Takano, K. (2021). Autobiographical memory impairments as a transdiagnostic feature of mental illness : A meta-analytic review of investigations into autobiographical memory specificity and overgenerality among people with psychiatric diagnoses. Psychological Bulletin, 47(10), 1054–1074. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000345
• Document type: meta-analysis
• Access: closed
• Dataset reference: Barry, T. J., Hallford, D. J., & Takano, K. (2022, April 6). Autobiographical Memory Impairments as a Transdiagnostic Feature of Mental Illness. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/3RJUZ
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• Barry, T. J., Takano, K., Hallford, D. J., Roberts, J. E., Salmon, K., & Raes, F. (2023). Autobiographical memory and psychopathology: Is memory specificity as important as we make it seem? WIREs Cognitive Science, 14(3), e1624. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1624
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Dalgleish, T., Williams, J. M. G., Golden, A.-M. J., Perkins, N., Barrett, L. F., Barnard, P. J., … Watkins, E. (2007). Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory and depression: The role of executive control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 136(1), 23–42. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.136.1.23
{{#each properties}}• Document type: empirical study
• Access: open
- • Doan, U., Hong, D., Mares, L., Butler, M., Askelund, A. D., Gutenbrunner, C., Hiller, R., Nixon, R. D. V., Puetz, V., Jose, P. E., Metts, A., Alloy, L. B., Gibb, B. E., Hipwell, A. E., Salmon, K., Powell, V., Warne, N., Rice, F., & Hitchcock, C. (2025). The predictive power of autobiographical memory in shaping the mental health of young people : An individual participant data meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 151(4), 455‑475. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000474
• Document type: meta-analysis
• Access: closed
- • Lemogne, C., Piolino, P., Jouvent, R., Allilaire, J.-F., & Fossati, P. (2006). Mémoire autobiographique épisodique et dépression: Episodic autobiographical memory in depression: a review. L’Encéphale, 32(5), 781–788. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0013-7006(06)76231-5
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Weiss-Cowie, S., Verhaeghen, P., & Duarte, A. (2023). An updated account of overgeneral autobiographical memory in depression. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 149, 105157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105157
• Document type: meta-analysis
• Access: closed
- • Williams, J. M. G., Barnhofer, T., Crane, C., Herman, D., Raes, F., Watkins, E., & Dalgleish, T. (2007). Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder. Psychological Bulletin, 133(1), 122-148. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.122
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Has study method(s)
In other languages
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French
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effet de surgénéralisation
URI
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