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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > memory penumbra

Preferred term

memory penumbra  

Definition

  • Memory for salient events can strengthen memory for weakly encoded, mundane events that are close in time over a temporal window of up to several hours.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Dunsmoor, J. E., Murty, V. P., Clewett, D., Phelps, E. A., & Davachi, L. (2022). Tag and capture: How salient experiences target and rescue nearby events in memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(9), 782–795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.06.009

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-V1NLV6TL-H

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