constructive memory

remembering conceived as involving the use of general knowledge stored in one’s memory to construct a more complete and detailed account of an event or experience by changing or filling in various features of the memory. See reconstructive memory; repeated reproduction.

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May 10th 2024

stammering

n. see stuttering. —stammer vb., n.