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Retrospective memory

Retrospective memory is the memory of people, words, and events encountered or experienced in the past. It includes all other types of memory including episodic, semantic and procedural. It can be either implicit or explicit. In contrast, prospective memory involves remembering something or remembering to do something after a delay, such as buying…

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Episodic memory

Semantic memory

Retrograde amnesia

Neuroanatomy

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Factors affecting retrospective memory

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Retrospective memory

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples70
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Retrospective memory

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related to PRMQ · 14
Retrospective memory → Alzheimer, Alzheimer's, Categories, It, Never, PRMQ, Quite Often, Rarely, Since, Smith, Sometimes, The Prospective/Retrospective Memory Questionnaire, They, Very Often
related to Relationship with prospective memory · 12
Retrospective memory → According, An, Burgess, Despite, Each, Early, Einstein, It, McDaniel, Prospective, Shallice, The
related to Medial temporal lobe · 9
Retrospective memory → Also, Different, Okuda, PET, Positron Emission Tomography, The, The PET, There, This
related to Episodic · 8
Retrospective memory → Alzheimer, In, It, Livner, Retrospective, The, To, Using
related to Hippocampus · 6
Retrospective memory → For, However, In, It, The, These
related to Issues in testing · 6
Retrospective memory → Additionally, In, Mantyla, Often, PRMQ, RM
related to Thalamus · 4
Retrospective memory → Cipolotti, It, The, While
related to Amygdala · 3
Retrospective memory → It, The, These
related to Medial prefrontal cortex · 2
Retrospective memory → Kesner, Lesions
is a · 1
Retrospective memory → memory of people

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memory retrospective events prospective found amnesia study also brain episodic time thalamus role past remembering hippocampus amygdala studies memories emotional

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Retrospective memoryis amemory of people0.90text
rape or assaultinstance ofor traumatic experience0.80text
remembering the exact activity involve retrospective memoryinstance ofOther aspects0.80text
education.TraumaEmotionalIt has been found that even though memory usually declines with ageinstance ofAll of these differences may vary due to environmental factors0.80text
elderly people tend to remember more positive memories than negative or even neutral onesinstance ofAll of these differences may vary due to environmental factors0.80text
educationinstance ofAll of these differences may vary due to environmental factors0.80text
Retrospective memoryrelated to AmygdalaThe0.60section
Retrospective memoryrelated to AmygdalaIt0.60section
Retrospective memoryrelated to AmygdalaThese0.60section
Retrospective memoryrelated to EpisodicRetrospective0.60section
Retrospective memoryrelated to EpisodicIt0.60section
Retrospective memoryrelated to EpisodicAlzheimer0.60section

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