On the existence and implications of nonbelieved memories

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2014

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Current Directions in Psychological Science

Abstract

In this paper, we review the state of knowledge about a previously assumed to be rare memory phenomenon called nonbelieved memories. Nonbelieved memories refer to a counterintuitive phenomenon in which vivid autobiographical memories are no longer believed to have happened although vivid recollective features remain present. Such memories stand in contrast to the more typical situation that when events are recollected they are also believed to have genuinely occurred. Data regarding the frequency, characteristics, and factors that contribute to the development of naturally occurring and laboratory induced nonbelieved memories is reviewed. Relationships of nonbelieved memories to theories of autobiographical remembering and the study of remembering in applied domains are discussed.

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autobiographical remembering, research

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Otgaar, H., Mazzoni, G., & Scoboria, A. (2014). On the existence and implications of nonbelieved memories. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(5), 349-354.

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