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Cognitive psychology of human memory (CogMemo thesaurus)

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disposition > cognition > memory

Preferred term

memory  

Definition

  • The cognitive disposition to encode, store and retrieve information.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • memory disposition
  • memory function
  • memory system
  • mnemonic function
  • mnesic function

Scope note

  • The concept of memory is difficult to define. In 2000, the psychologist Endel Tulving identified several frequently used meanings of the concept in the scientific literature.”(1) memory as a neurocognitive capacity to encode, store, and retrieve information; (2) memory as a hypothetical store in which information is held; (3) memory as the information in that store; (4) memory as a property of that information; (5) memory as a componential process of retrieval of that information; and (6) memory as an individual’s phenomenal awareness of remembering something.’”Tulving, 2000, p. 36).

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Baddeley, A., Eysenck, M. W., & Anderson, M. C. (2020). Memory (3rd ed.). Psychology Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Eustache, F., & Desgranges, B. (2020). Les nouveaux chemins de la mémoire. Le Pommier.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Madan, C. R. (2024). Memories that matter: How we remember important things. Routledge.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Roediger, H. L., III, & Uner, O. (2024). Critical concepts in the study of learning and memory. In M. J. Kahana & A. D. Wagner (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of human memory (Vol. 1, pp. 3–28). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190917982.013.1

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Rossi, P. (2018). Neuropsychologie de la mémoire. De Boeck.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Schacter, D.L. (2007). Memory: delineating the core. In H.L. Roediger, Y. Dudai, & S.M. Fitzpatrick (Eds.) Science of memory: Concepts, (pp.23-27). Oxford University Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Tulving, E. (2000). Concepts of memory. In E. Tulving & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Memory (pp. 33–43). Oxford University Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

In other languages

  • French

  • disposition mnésique
  • fonction mnémonique
  • fonction mnésique
  • système mnésique

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