autobiographical memory / mémoire autobiographique
Synonymes : souvenir autobiographique
Group: Human, Psychology, Thematic grouping Memory and Law
Groupe : Homme, Psychologie, Regroupement thématique Mémoire et justice
Definition: Memory of events whose reference is the subject him or herself. According to recent models, autobiographical memory has both episodic (memories of specific events) and semantic (personal semantics, i.e., general information about the subject's past) aspects.
Définition : Mémoire des événements dont la référence est le sujet lui-même. Selon les modèles récents, la mémoire autobiographique possède des aspects épisodiques (souvenirs d'événements spécifiques) et sémantiques (sémantique personnelle, c'est-à-dire des informations générales sur le passé du sujet).
Broader term: declarative memory
Terme générique : mémoire déclarative
Narrower terms: conceptual self, flashbulb memory, overgeneral memory, historically defined autobiographical period, self-defining memory, hotspot, self-defining future projection, life script, autobiographical knowledge base, highly superior autobiographical memory, working self, nonbelieved memory
Termes spécifiques : soi conceptuel, souvenir flash, souvenir surgénéralisé, période autobiographique historiquement définie, souvenir définissant le soi, hotspot, projection future définissant le soi, scénario de vie, base de connaissances autobiographiques, mémoire autobiographique hautement supérieure, self de travail, souvenir contesté
Related terms: SenseCam, cascading reminiscence bump, life review, reminiscence, timeline technique, Crimes and Doors Test, denial-induced forgetting, mnemonic discrimination, misinformation paradigm, generative retrieval, field point of view, mammillary bodies, eyewitness testimony, event cluster, episodic memory, fabrication inflation, Positive Memory Training, implanted false memory, explanation inflation, intrusive memory, calendar effect, demonstration for more detail technique, autobiographical memory network, Proust effect, spontaneous confabulation, system variable, principle of coherence, direct retrieval, emotion-enhanced memory effect, Memory Specificity Training, reconstructive memory, crime-related amnesia, provoked confabulation, memory conformity, narrative coherence, medial prefrontal cortex, simulated amnesia, testimony, imagination inflation effect, memory blindness effect, principle of correspondence, recovered memory, Nijmegen-Venray Confabulation List, low elaborative reminiscing style, forgot-it-all-along effect, aphantasia, estimator variable, observer point of view, high elaborative reminiscing style, everyday amnesia, autobiographically significant concept, upheaval bump, forced confabulation ​paradigm, schematic narrative template, voluntary memory, reminiscence bump, alcohol myopia hypothesis, false feedback paradigm, memory vividness, self-enhancement bias, personal semantics, uncinate fasciculus, jamais vu, Memory Flexibility intervention, mental context reinstatement, default mode network, infantile amnesia, Memory Distrust Scale
Termes associés : SenseCam, pic de reminiscence en cascade, rétrospective de vie, réminiscence, technique de la frise temporelle, Test des crimes et des quatre portes, oubli induit par le déni, discrimination mnémonique, paradigme de désinformation, récupération générative, point de vue du champ, corps mammilaires, témoignage oculaire, groupement d'événements, mémoire épisodique, inflation par fabrication, Entrainement à la mémoire positive, faux souvenir implanté ​, inflation par explication, souvenir intrusif, effet du calendrier, technique de démonstration du rappel détaillé, réseau de la mémoire autobiographique, effet Proust, confabulation spontanée, variable du système, principe de cohérence, récupération directe, effet émotionnel d'amélioration mnésique, entrainement à la spécificité des souvenirs, mémoire reconstructive, amnésie du crime, confabulation provoquée, conformisme des souvenirs, cohérence narrative, cortex préfrontal médian, amnésie feinte, témoignage, effet d'inflation par imagination, effet de cécité mnésique, principe de correspondance, souvenir retrouvé, Liste de confabulation de Nijmegen-Venray, style de réminiscence faiblement élaboré, effet d'oubli d'une récupération antérieure, aphantasie, variable d’estimation, point de vue d'observateur, style de réminiscence fortement élaboré, amnésie quotidienne, concept autobiographiquement significatif, pic du bouleversement, paradigme de confabulation forcée ​, structure narrative schématique, souvenir volontaire, pic de réminiscence, hypothèse de la myopie alcoolique, paradigme de la rétroaction erronée, vivacité du souvenir, biais d’autovalorisation, sémantique personnelle, faisceau unciné, jamais vu, intervention sur la flexibilité mnésique, restauration mentale du contexte, réseau du mode par défaut, amnésie infantile, Échelle de méfiance à l’égard des souvenirs
Impaired in: autoreferential contamination, misplacement confabulation, hypermnesia (pathology), recollective confabulation, retrograde amnesia, memory confusion, mild cognitive impairment, severely deficient autobiographical memory, semantically anomalous confabulation, anterograde amnesia, memory fabrication, confabulation, transposition in the past, Alzheimer's disease, habit confabulation, amnesia
Has models: self-memory system, CARFAX model
Has theories: alethism, transition theory
Has study methods: Sentence Completion for Events from the Past Test, Adapted Autobiographical Interview, Self-Administered Interview©, cognitive interview, semantic-to-autobiographical memory priming effect, Autobiographical Interview, cue-word method, trauma film paradigm, Centrality of Event Scale, double-cue method, autobiographical fluency task, Autobiographical Memory Test, important memories method, Test of Episodic Memory for the Autobiographical Past, Autobiographical Implicit Association Test, Autobiographical Recollection Test, diary method, Cognitive Interview for Suspects, autobiographical think/no-think task, Reminiscence Functions Scale, Thinking About Life Experiences Questionnaire, Survey of Autobiographical Memory, Involuntary Memories Program, Memory Experiences Questionnaire, event-cueing paradigm, involuntary memory diary method ​, NICHD protocol, Memory Characteristics Questionnaire, rumor mongering ​paradigm, Autobiographical Memory Interview, Autographical Memory Characteristics Questionnaire
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