ecphory
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
ecphory (usually uncountable, plural ecphories)
- An automatic memory retrieval process engaged when a specific, proximal cue interacts with information stored in memory. The recovered product of that interaction can be the result of a strategic memory search, or it could act as fuel for subsequent strategic retrieval processes.
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References[edit]
- Moscovitch, M. (1995). Confabulation. In D.L. Schacter (Ed.) Memory Distortion: How Mind, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the Past. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 228-251.