Differentiating dissociation and repression

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 670-671
Author(s):  
John Morton
Keyword(s):  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Dissociative Identity Disorder ◽  
Current Task ◽  
Task Specification ◽  
The Way

Now that consciousness is thoroughly out of the way, we can focus more precisely on the kinds of things that can happen underneath. A contrast can be made between dissociation and repression. Dissociation is where a memory record or set of autobiographical memory records cannot be retrieved; repression is where there is retrieval of a record but, because of the current task specification, the contents of the record, though entering into current processing, are not allowed into consciousness. I look at hypnotic amnesia and dissociative identity disorder in relation to this contrast.

Odor, Memory, and Proust

Art Scents ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
Larry Shiner
Keyword(s):  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Involuntary Memory ◽  
Odor Memory ◽  
The Way

Chapter 8, “Odor, Memory, and Proust,” draws together the previous themes of emotion and language and relates them to memory. The chapter begins by examining some evidence from the psychology of autobiographical memory concerning voluntary and involuntary memory and its relation to age. The second part of the chapter discusses psychologists’ use and misuse of the Proustian type of involuntary memory, exploring the way Proust at the end of Remembrance of Things Past expounds his idea of sensory epiphanies, which are signs of transcendence and many of which involve smell. The chapter ends by contrasting the Proustian literary epiphanies with the directness of two Holocaust memoirs that bring horrendous smell experiences to expression with a vividness that shows one need not be a literary professional in order to express smell convincingly in language.

scholarly journals Autobiographical memory specificity in dissociative identity disorder.

2014 ◽  
Vol 123 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaële J. C. Huntjens ◽  
Ineke Wessel ◽  
Dirk Hermans ◽  
Agnes van Minnen
Keyword(s):  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Dissociative Identity Disorder ◽  
Memory Specificity ◽  
Autobiographical Memory Specificity

Lost in the Fictional Woods with Umberto Eco: LA MISTERIOSA FIAMMA DELLA REGINA LOANA in the Context of Eco's oeuvre

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
JoAnn Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Umberto Eco ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
The Way

La misteriosa fiamma della Regina Loana, like each of Eco's previous novels, may be read as “a fictional summa” of much of the author's theoretical work. The peculiar malady of the protagonist, the loss of autobiographical memory coupled with an overactive “cultural memory,” allows Eco both to dramatize and call into question key notions of his theoretical work. This essay situates La misteriosa fiamma in the context of the author's previous work and examines the way in which Eco's most recent novel explores the themes of encyclopedic competence, rationality, hermetic drift and unlimited semiosis, high brow and low brow cultural production. Eco shows how the associative ability that allows unlimited semiosis to function may give way to hermetic drift, infinite deferral and even madness. The encyclopedia that contains the totality of human knowledge may suddenly come unbound, reflecting, in its loose pages, fragmentation, incompletion and disjunction. La misteriosa fiamma della Regina Loana serves as a valuable and original contribution to Eco's life-long scholarly pursuits and as a reflection on the value of those pursuits from the perspective of advancing age.

Self-defining Memories and their Contribution to the Sense of Self in Alzheimer’s Disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 508-516
Author(s):  
Mohamad EL Haj ◽  
Philippe Allain
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
The Way

Aims: Unlike autobiographical memory (i.e., memory for personal information) in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), little is known about Self-Defining Memories (SDM) (i.e., memories of highly significant personal events) in AD. Methods: The characteristics of self-defining memories in AD were evaluated by analyzing their specificity, emotional valence, and integration, as well as their centrality and contribution to self-continuity. Results demonstrated fewer specific SDM in AD participants than in controls. Results: No significant differences were observed between AD participants and controls regarding the production of positive or integrated SDM. Furthermore, no significant differences were observed between AD participants and controls regarding the rating of the centrality of SDM and their contribution to self-continuity. These results demonstrate that, although AD participants produce fewer specific SDM than controls, both populations have similar levels of emotional valence, integration, centrality, and selfcontinuity of these memories. Conclusion: It is concluded that patients with AD, at least those in the mild stages of the disease, can build on significant personal events and experiences (i.e., SDM) to reflect on how these events have changed the way they see themselves.

Psychobiological research on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID): A methodological note

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Merckelbach ◽  
S. Rasquin
Keyword(s):  
Recent Literature ◽  
Dissociative Identity Disorder ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Fantasy Proneness ◽  
Physiological Profile ◽  
Physiological Profiles ◽  
Normal Controls ◽  
The Way

SUMMARYBackground: To a large extent, discussions about dissociative identity disorder (DID) revolve around the way in which identity states (alters) that are thought to be typical for this condition should be interpreted: are they metaphors or are they genuine actors? Recent literature offers some fine examples of studies demonstrating that alters differ in their physiological profile. On the basis of this type of evidence, some authors have concluded that alters are more than just metaphors.Objective: Drawing upon an experimental example, we argue that such a line of reasoning is highly problematic.Method & Results: Our example demonstrates that normal subjects are perfectly able to simulate alters such that these alters are accompanied by different physiological profiles.This is especially true for subjects scoring high on fantasy proneness.Conclusions: Psychobiological research on DID should include normal controls, preferably controls who are fantasy prone. Unless such a strategy is adopted, psychobiological research on alter activity will not be very informative.

Self-sacrifice for in-group's history: A diachronic perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Babińska ◽  
Michal Bilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Emotional Events ◽  
Reciprocal Process ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe problem of extended fusion and identification can be approached from a diachronic perspective. Based on our own research, as well as findings from the fields of social, political, and clinical psychology, we argue that the way contemporary emotional events shape local fusion is similar to the way in which historical experiences shape extended fusion. We propose a reciprocal process in which historical events shape contemporary identities, whereas contemporary identities shape interpretations of past traumas.

What is the purpose of cognition?

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aba Szollosi ◽  
Ben R. Newell
Keyword(s):  
Infinite Number ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
The Way

Abstract The purpose of human cognition depends on the problem people try to solve. Defining the purpose is difficult, because people seem capable of representing problems in an infinite number of ways. The way in which the function of cognition develops needs to be central to our theories.

Sociocultural memory development research drives new directions in gadgetry science

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Van Bergen ◽  
John Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Memory Development ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Cross Cultural Research

Abstract Sociocultural developmental psychology can drive new directions in gadgetry science. We use autobiographical memory, a compound capacity incorporating episodic memory, as a case study. Autobiographical memory emerges late in development, supported by interactions with parents. Intervention research highlights the causal influence of these interactions, whereas cross-cultural research demonstrates culturally determined diversity. Different patterns of inheritance are discussed.

Peculiarity Parameters

1976 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 233-254
Author(s):  
H. M. Maitzen
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
Rotator Model ◽  
Peculiar Behaviour ◽  
Field Spectrum ◽  
Oblique Rotator ◽  
Ap Stars ◽  
The Way

Ap stars are peculiar in many aspects. During this century astronomers have been trying to collect data about these and have found a confusing variety of peculiar behaviour even from star to star that Struve stated in 1942 that at least we know that these phenomena are not supernatural. A real push to start deeper theoretical work on Ap stars was given by an additional observational evidence, namely the discovery of magnetic fields on these stars by Babcock (1947). This originated the concept that magnetic fields are the cause for spectroscopic and photometric peculiarities. Great leaps for the astronomical mankind were the Oblique Rotator model by Stibbs (1950) and Deutsch (1954), which by the way provided mathematical tools for the later handling pulsar geometries, anti the discovery of phase coincidence of the extrema of magnetic field, spectrum and photometric variations (e.g. Jarzebowski, 1960).

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