intrusive memory / souvenir intrusif
Synonyms: memory intrusion
Synonymes : intrusion de souvenirs
Group: Human, Psychology
Groupe : Homme, Psychologie
Definition: Usually refers to the memory of an emotionally negative event that involuntarily and recurrently enters consciousness. This phenomenon is particularly common in post-traumatic stress disorder and in depression.
Définition : Désigne généralement le souvenir d’un évènement émotionnellement négatif qui entre involontairement et de manière récurrente dans la conscience. Ce phénomène se rencontre tout particulièrement dans le trouble du stress post-traumatique et dans la dépression.
Broader term: involuntary memory
Terme générique : souvenir involontaire
Related terms: autobiographical memory, emotion, stress, emotional memory
Termes associés : mémoire autobiographique, émotion, stress, mémoire émotionnelle
Has study methods: trauma film paradigm, diary method
Selected bibliography: Herz, N., Bar-Haim, Y., Holmes, E. A., & Censor, N. (2020). Intrusive memories : A mechanistic signature for emotional memory persistence. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 135, 103752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2020.103752 [Study type: empirical study / Access: open], Iyadurai, L., Visser, R. M., Lau-Zhu, A., Porcheret, K., Horsch, A., Holmes, E. A., & James, E. L. (2019). Intrusive memories of trauma : A target for research bridging cognitive science and its clinical application. Clinical Psychology Review, 69, 67‑82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.08.005 [Study type: literature review / Access: open], Marks, E. H., Franklin, A. R., & Zoellner, L. A. (2018). Can’t get it out of my mind : A systematic review of predictors of intrusive memories of distressing events. Psychological Bulletin, 144(6), 584‑640. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000132 [Study type: literature review / Access: closed], Payne, A., Kralj, A., Young, J., & Meiser-Stedman, R. (2019). The prevalence of intrusive memories in adult depression : A meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 253, 193‑202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.055 [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
Dataset citations: Badawi, A., & Berle, D. (2021, October 31). Intrusive memories following a computerised task. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/VUTCW, Brennen, T., Fjeld-Solberg, Ø., Nissen, A., & Blix, I. (2021, June 18). Reducing the frequency of intrusive memories using a visuospatial interference intervention. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/68VX5, Help to Forget : Helping Post Experimental Trauma Reduces Subsequent Intrusive Memories. (2018). [Data set]. OSF. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/QP69X, Lau-Zhu, A., Henson, R., Holmes, E. A., & Millroth, P. (2021, April 12). Selectively interfering with intrusive but not voluntary memories of a trauma film: Accounting for the role of associative memory. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/PQW2S, Liu, S., Folstein, J., Appelbaum, L. G., & Tenenbaum, G. (2020, May 26). The mechanism of controlling unwanted intrusive thoughts. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/YDMSV, Singh, L., Holmes, E. A., Moulds, M. L., Prof, Kanstrup, M., & Gamble, B. (2021, January 19). Reducing Intrusive Memories After Trauma via a Brief Cognitive Task Intervention in the Hospital Emergency Department: an Exploratory Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial. https://osf.io/nma5q/, Varma, M. M., & Hu, X. (2021, November 28). Prosocial Behaviour Reduces Unwanted Intrusions of Experimental Traumatic Memories. https://osf.io/jvf5a/, Visser, R. M., Henson, R., & Holmes, E. A. (2021, August 17). A naturalistic paradigm to investigate post-encoding neural activation patterns in relation to subsequent voluntary and intrusive recall of distressing events. https://osf.io/ucen5/, Voss, M. (2018, November 21). Does transcranial direct current stimulation affect post-stressor intrusive memories and rumination? An experimental analogue study. https://osf.io/bcq6y/