The autobiographical memory test: Differences in memory specificity across three recall elicitation methods
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DOI: 10.1007/s12144-018-9930-7
Abstract: The most commonly used measure of autobiographical memory specificity is the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT). There is substantial variability in the manner in which this test is administered. One such variation involves the format of… read more here.
Keywords: autobiographical memory; memory specificity; memory test; memory ... See more keywords
Lost in distractors: Reduced Autobiographical Memory Specificity and dispersed activation spreading over distractors in working memory.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2017.04.005
Abstract: Studies on autobiographical memory retrieval highlight the prominence of rapid and direct access to a specific event memory. Because it has been believed that autobiographical memory retrieval mostly relies on an effortful generative process, there… read more here.
Keywords: autobiographical memory; memory specificity; working memory; activation ... See more keywords
Computerized Memory Specificity Training (c-MeST) for major depression: A randomised controlled trial.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2020.103783
Abstract: Given modest response and high relapse after treatment for Major Depressive Episodes (MDE), the development and refinement of treatments to target cognitive vulnerabilities is indicated. Memory Specificity Training (MeST) remediates deficits in recalling detailed memories… read more here.
Keywords: randomised controlled; specificity training; memory specificity; training mest ... See more keywords
Response styles to sad mood and self-esteem as predictors of autobiographical memory: Distinctions between memory specificity and detail
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110142
Abstract: Abstract Past studies have found that ruminative responses to sad mood contribute to impaired autobiographical memory (AM) retrieval. We tested the theoretical proposition that generalized negative beliefs about the self increase the impact of rumination,… read more here.
Keywords: detail; specificity detail; memory specificity; sad mood ... See more keywords
A study protocol for a randomised trial of adjunct computerised memory specificity training (c-MeST) for major depression in youth: targeting cognitive mechanisms to enhance usual care outcomes in mental health settings
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DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-4036-6
Abstract: Background Youth depression is highly prevalent and is related to impairments in academic, social and behavioural functioning. Evidence-based treatments are available, but many young people do not respond or sufficiently recover with first-line options, and… read more here.
Keywords: depression; usual care; memory specificity;
Functioning of autobiographical memory specificity and self-defining memories in people with cancer diagnosis
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8126
Abstract: Objectives Cognitive and emotional disturbances have been associated with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Autobiographical memory is one of the specific cognitive processes affected during this disease. The current study had two main aims:… read more here.
Keywords: autobiographical memory; memory specificity; self defining; cancer ... See more keywords