involuntary retrieval

the spontaneous retrieval of a memory into consciousness that occurs without an intention to retrieve it, in contrast to voluntary retrieval, which involves a deliberate search to retrieve a specific memory. Sometimes an autobiographical memory is involuntarily retrieved, as in the Proust phenomenon.

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November 21st 2024

androsterone

n. a steroid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex and testis, with weak androgenic effects.