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dc.contributor.authorSchlagman, S.
dc.contributor.authorKvavilashvili, L.
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-19T14:28:47Z
dc.date.available2013-01-19T14:28:47Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationSchlagman , S & Kvavilashvili , L 2008 , ' Involuntary autobiographical memories in and outside the laboratory: How different are they from voluntary autobiographical memories? ' , Memory and Cognition , vol. 36 , no. 5 , pp. 920-932 . https://doi.org/10.3758/MC.36.5.920
dc.identifier.issn0090-502X
dc.identifier.otherdspace: 2299/3615
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/9704
dc.descriptionOriginal article can be found at: http://www.psychonomic.org/ Copyright Psychonomic Society. DOI: 10.3758/MC.36.5.920
dc.description.abstractTwo studies compared the characteristics and retrieval times of involuntary and voluntary autobiographical memory under controlled laboratory conditions. A new laboratory task of involuntary autobiographical memories involved detecting vertical lines in a stream of stimuli with horizontal lines (an undemanding vigilance task) and recording any involuntary memories during the session. The majority of these memories were reported as being triggered by irrelevant cue-phrases presented on the screen. Voluntary autobiographical memories were sampled via a standard word-cue method in Session 2. The results showed that involuntary memories were more specific and retrieved significantly faster than voluntary memories. They were also more likely to be triggered by negative cues while cue valence did not have any effect on the number of voluntary memories. Furthermore, laboratory involuntary memories did not differ from naturalistic involuntary memories recorded in a diary by the same participants (Study 2). Taken together, these results have important implications for current theories of autobiographical memory and open up interesting avenues for future research.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMemory and Cognition
dc.subjectretrieval times
dc.subjectdirect retrieval
dc.subjectMemory specificity
dc.titleInvoluntary autobiographical memories in and outside the laboratory: How different are they from voluntary autobiographical memories?en
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychology
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionHealth & Human Sciences Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology
dc.contributor.institutionLearning, Memory and Thinking
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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