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environmental cognition

information processing in real-world settings, often with regard to memory for geographic location and way finding. See cognitive map; landmark.

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December 7th 2024

sharpening

sharpening

n. a phenomenon in which some details of a memory become more sharply defined and accentuated—and possibly exaggerated—over time in comparison to the original experience.