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Cryptomnesia

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cryptamnesianounAlternative form of cryptomnesia. [(chiefly psychology, uncountable) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience; (countable) an instance of this. Contrast cryptaesthesia.]
pseudoreminiscencenoun(psychology) A false memory.
mnemenounPersisting effect of memory of past events.
retrocognitionnoun(parapsychology) extrasensory knowledge of past events.
brain freezenoun(informal) A pain in the head from eating or drinking something cold; a cold-stimulus headache.
mandela effectnounThe phenomenon of a large number of persons independently sharing the same false memory.
flashbacknoun(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
baader-meinhof phenomenonnoun(psychology) A cognitive bias by which a recently learned word, concept, etc. suddenly seems to appear with improbable frequency.
postcognitionnoun(parapsychology) retrocognition
selective memorynoun(psychology) An ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient, embarrassing, or disadvantageous.
reminiscencenounAn act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.
paramnesianounAn inability to distinguish between real memories and dreams or fantasies
irreminiscencenoun(medicine) The inability to mentally recall or “revisualize” images.
recollectionnounThe act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
déjà vunounThe subjective, unexpected feeling of having experienced something before, especially when that is not the case.
memorynoun(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
constructive memorynounAn apparent memory of an event that did not actually happen, that is unconsciously constructed in order to fill a gap.
confabulationnounA casual conversation; a chat.
ecphorianounA stage in memory retrieval in which a latent engram is activated
memory journeynounAn imaginary journey used as a mnemonic device to recall faces, digits, etc. by the order in which they are encountered during travel.

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