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RETROSPECTIVE MEMORY [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

The recollection of past events.

CONT

Retrospective memory involves memories of almost everything we have done or achieved in the past. Every other type of memory such as declarative and semantic are involved in the process and can also be explicit or implicit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

Souvenir des évènements passés.

Spanish

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