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process > cognitive process > memory process > contextual fluctuation

Preferred term

contextual fluctuation  

Definition(s)

  • "The gradual and persistent drift in incidental context over time, such that distant memories deviate from the current context more so than newer memories, thereby diminishing the former’s potency as a retrieval cue for older memories." (Baddeley et al., 2015, p. 240).

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Synonym(s)

  • contextuel change

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Baddeley, A. D., Eysenck, M. W., & Anderson, M. C. (2015). Memory. Psychology Press.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-SMCR5MH1-M

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