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cryptomnesia

"Cryptomnesia refers to generating a word, an idea, a song, or a solution to a problem, with the belief that it is either totally original, or at least original within the present context. In actuality, the item is not original, but one which has been produced by someone else (or even oneself) at some earlier time." (Brown et Murphy, 1989, p. 432).

source attribution error

cryptomnesic experience
inadvertent plagiarism
unconscious plagiarism

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Brédart, S., Lampinen, J., & Defeldre, A.-C. (2003). Phenomenal characteristics of cryptomnesia. Memory, 11(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/741938174
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
• Brown, A. S., & Murphy, D. R. (1989). Cryptomnesia: Delineating inadvertent plagiarism. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 15(3), 432–442. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.15.3.432
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
• Gingerich, A. C., & Sullivan, M. C. (2013). Claiming hidden memories as one’s own: A review of inadvertent plagiarism. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 25(8), 903-916. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2013.841674
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
• McCarroll, C. J., & Sant’Anna, A. (2023). Cryptomnesia: A three-factor account. Synthese, 201(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-04002-4
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

Frank Arnould

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source monitoring framework

cryptomnésie

French
expérience cryptomnésique
plagiat inconscient
plagiat involontaire

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-M6P9BP15-R

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