involuntary memory

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involuntary
adjective
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/ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us
/ɪnˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
not done by choice; done unwillingly, or without the decision or intention of the ...
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memory
noun
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/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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The major achievement of the school is the systematic analysis of the phenomenon ofinvoluntarymemory from the standpoint of the activity approach in psychology.
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Characteristic of such occurrences is the triggering effect this has, as oneinvoluntarymemoryleads to another and so on.
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The first study found thatinvoluntarymemoryretrieval is mediated by the hippocampus, which is known to be associated with successful episodic memory retrieval.
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Results showed that participants did experienceinvoluntarymemoryrecall when they were recalling the past deliberately (also known as voluntary memory).
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What is currently an issue of controversy is the nature of the defining criteria that makes up aninvoluntarymemory.
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Until recently, research on this phenomenon has been relatively rare, with only two types ofinvoluntarymemoryretrieval identified: involuntary autobiographical memory retrieval, and involuntary semantic memory retrieval.
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Proust viewedinvoluntarymemoryas containing the essence of the past, claiming that it was lacking from voluntary memory.
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His most prominent work, it is known both for its length and its theme ofinvoluntarymemory, the most famous example being the episode of the madeleine.
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There was no consistent distinction between involuntary memories for younger and older adults.
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Various recent studies have been done to observe the conditions under which involuntary memories are primed.
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This implies that involuntary memories are successfully retrieved using the same system as voluntary memory when retrieving perceptual information.
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This is the concept that involuntary memories have the tendency to trigger other involuntary memories that are related.
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Those that are better at memorizing information are more likely to have more involuntary memories.
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Participants were asked to report the presence of involuntary memories while performing an autobiographical memory task.
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Happy involuntary memories were also more than twice as frequent as unhappy involuntary memories.
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Another study found a reminiscence bump for adults in their 20s for happy involuntary memories but not for unhappy involuntary memories.
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One study found a positivity bias for involuntary memories, where younger adults did not rate their involuntary memories as positively as did older adults.
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This was recognized as the cueing source for involuntary memories.
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Finally, involuntary memories arise due to automatic processing, which does not rely on higher-order cognitive monitoring, or executive control processing.
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In contrast to this, theories belonging to the basic mechanism viewpoint hold that there are no separate mechanisms that account for voluntary and involuntary memories.
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