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process > cognitive process > memory process > retrieval > reconstructive memory

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.

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Entry terms

  • memory reconstruction

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • 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.

    [Study 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

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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