Concept information
Preferred term
reconstructive memory
Definition
- The term used to insist on the fact that memory is not the reproduction but rather the reconstruction of the past, based on memory traces, expectations, beliefs, inferences, goals, and prior knowledge. Reconstruction can lead to errors, memory distortions and false memories.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- memory reconstruction
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Roediger, H. L., & DeSoto, K. A. (2015). Reconstructive memory, Psychology of. In J. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition, p. 50-55). Elsevier.
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Schacter, D.L., Norman, K.A. & Koutstaal, W. (1998). The cognitive neuroscience of constructive memory. Annual Review of Psychology, 49, 289–318. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.49.1.289
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Schacter, D.L., Norman, K.A. & Koutstaal, W. (1998). The cognitive neuroscience of constructive memory. Annual Review of Psychology, 49, 289–318. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.49.1.289
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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souvenir reconstructif
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-L6ZG9VWM-T
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