ecphory

English

It has been requested that this entry be merged with ecphoria(+).

Noun

ecphory (usually uncountable, plural ecphories)

1. An automatic memory retrieval process engaged when a specific, proximal cue interacts with information stored in memory. The recovered product of that interaction can be the result of a strategic memory search, or it could act as fuel for subsequent strategic retrieval processes.

Alternative forms

• ecphoria

References

• Moscovitch, M. (1995). Confabulation. In D.L. Schacter (Ed.) Memory Distortion: How Mind, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the Past. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 228-251.