Abstract

CUEVAS REMIGIO, Luis Fernando. HYPERMNESIA AND REMINISCENCE: TWO PHENOMENA OF INCREMENTAL RECOVERY OF INFORMATION FROM MEMORY. Suma Psicol. [online]. 2010, vol.17, n.2, pp.135-150. ISSN 0121-4381.

Hypermnesia is defined as gradual increases in information recovery from memory as result of multiple recall trials and after a single learning phase. Reminiscence is defined by recovery of single information elements not reported in recall trials previously. The present article provides a description of study paradigm of this phenomenon. In addition, historical background, main proposed hypotheses for its explanations, current research and possible applications in the area of eyewitness testimony, education and clinical psychology are mentioned. Finally, it is point out the importance of the study of these processes of memory and the new tendencies in research.

Keywords : Memory; hypermnesia; reminiscence; multiple trials; intertrial recovery; intertrial forgetting.

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