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Preferred term

Memory Characteristics Questionnaire  

Definition

  • Questionnaire to assess the phenomenological characteristics of autobiographical memory. Based on reality monitoring theory, the questionnaire is designed to distinguish memories of experienced events, which contain more sensory and contextual details, from memories of imagined events, which contain more elements related to cognitive operations.

Entry terms

  • MCQ

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Johnson, M. K., Foley, M. A., Suengas, A. G., & Raye, C. L. (1988). Phenomenal characteristics of memories for perceived and imagined autobiographical events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 117(4), 371-376. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.117.4.371

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-V038PKGZ-4

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