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ecphory

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English

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It has been requested that this entry be merged with ecphoria(+).

Noun

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ecphory (usually uncountable, plural ecphories)

  1. 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

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  • 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.
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