Research suggests that an overgeneral autobiographical memory style (i.e., retrieval of general memories when instructed to retrieve
a specific episodic memory) represents a vulnerability marker for depression.
Not exact matches
In 2008 his team reported that single neurons become active when a subject watches and recalls a 10 - second video clip, suggesting that even complex
episodic memories may be encoded in
specific cells.
Cross-talk between the hemispheres may be important for remembering
specific events, called
episodic memory, so psychologists Stephen Christman and Ruth Propper of the University of Toledo, Ohio, reasoned that lefties and righties might differ in
episodic memory skills.
By contrast, «
episodic memory» refers to the encoding of autobiographical information relating to a
specific event that is located in time.
Those who answered yes to both questions were significantly more likely to demonstrate an impairment in
episodic memory (the
memory of
specific event) on follow up testing eight years later than those who did not express a concern about their
memory.
When a person recalls an autobiographical
memory, then, these two types of long - term
memory representation are brought together and a person consciously experiences
episodic memories of
specific aspects of the past and conceptual knowledge that acts as a personal context for the
episodic memories, locating them in a person's life and providing a personal, self - relevant, meaning for them (3.15).
Emotional mistreatment is not like physical or overt sexual abuse, which are
episodic and which often leave
specific memories.