Concept information
Preferred term
tunnel memory
Definition(s)
- Term proposed by Safer et al. (1998) to account for the fact that the memory of negative emotional events is better for the central details than for the peripheral details.
Broader concept(s)
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Berntsen, D. (2002). Tunnel memories for autobiographical events: Central details are remembered more frequently from shocking than from happy experiences. Memory & Cognition, 30(7), 1010–1020. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03194319
[Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
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• Safer, M. A., Christianson, S.-Å., Autry, M. W., & Österlund, K. (1998). Tunnel memory for traumatic events. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 12(2), 99–117. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199804)12:2<99::AID-ACP509>3.0.CO;2-7
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-BMLVXX1Z-3
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