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process > cognitive process > memory process > retrieval > direct retrieval

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direct retrieval  

Definition

  • In autobiographical memory, "a relatively fast retrieval process that involves “no effort” [...] characterized as lacking overt, conscious search strategies" (Mace et al., 2021, p. 2).

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Entry terms

  • spontaneous retrieval

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Berntsen, D. (in press). Direct retrieval as a theory of involuntary autobiographical memories: Evaluation and future directions. Memory. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2294690

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Conway, M. A., & Pleydell-Pearce, C. W. (2000). The construction of autobiographical memories in the self-memory system. Psychological Review, 107(2), 261–288. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.107.2.261

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Harris, C. B., & Berntsen, D. (2019). Direct and generative autobiographical memory retrieval : How different are they? Consciousness and Cognition, 74, 102793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.102793

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Mace, J. H., Petersen, E. P., & Kruchten, E. A. (2021). Elucidating the mental processes underlying the direct retrieval of autobiographical memories. Consciousness and Cognition, 94, 103190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2021.103190

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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