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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > overgeneral memory bias

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overgeneral memory bias  

Definition(s)

  • ​A tendency to recall overgeneral autobiographical memories rather than specific memories observed, for example, in depressed patients.

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Synonym(s)

  • overgenerality
  • overgeneral memory effect

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Barry, T. J., Hallford, D. J., & Takano, K. (2021). Autobiographical memory impairments as a transdiagnostic feature of mental illness : A meta-analytic review of investigations into autobiographical memory specificity and overgenerality among people with psychiatric diagnoses. Psychological Bulletin, 47(10), 1054–1074. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000345

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
  • • Barry, T. J., Takano, K., Hallford, D. J., Roberts, J. E., Salmon, K., & Raes, F. (2023). Autobiographical memory and psychopathology: Is memory specificity as important as we make it seem? WIREs Cognitive Science, 14(3), e1624. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1624

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • ​Dalgleish, T., Williams, J. M. G., Golden, A.-M. J., Perkins, N., Barrett, L. F., Barnard, P. J., … Watkins, E. (2007). Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory and depression: The role of executive control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 136(1), 23–42. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.136.1.23

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Lemogne, C., Piolino, P., Jouvent, R., Allilaire, J.-F., & Fossati, P. (2006). Mémoire autobiographique épisodique et dépression: Episodic autobiographical memory in depression: a review. L’Encéphale, 32(5), 781–788. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0013-7006(06)76231-5

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Weiss-Cowie, S., Verhaeghen, P., & Duarte, A. (2023). An updated account of overgeneral autobiographical memory in depression. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 149, 105157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105157

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
  • • ​Williams, J. M. G., Barnhofer, T., Crane, C., Herman, D., Raes, F., Watkins, E., & Dalgleish, T. (2007). Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder. Psychological Bulletin, 133(1), 122-148. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.122

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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Dataset citation(s)

  • • Barry, T. J., Hallford, D. J., & Takano, K. (2022, April 6). Autobiographical Memory Impairments as a Transdiagnostic Feature of Mental Illness. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/3RJUZ
  • • Hallford, D. J., & Barry, T. J. (2021, July 14). Reduced Specificity and Increased Overgenerality of Autobiographical Memory Persist as Cognitive Vulnerabilities in Remitted Major Depression: A Meta-Analysis. https://osf.io/bfcyj

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