Cryptomnesia: Delineating inadvertent plagiarism
Alan S. Brown, Dana R. Murphy · 1989 · Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 15(3), 432-442
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Summary
Experimental work showing that people can reproduce previously encountered ideas while misattributing them as original, a memory error now commonly called cryptomnesia.
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Primary psychological source for the idea that apparent novel memories can sometimes come from forgotten exposure rather than paranormal access.
Citation record
- Authors
- Alan S. Brown, Dana R. Murphy
- Year
- 1989
- Publication
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 15(3), 432-442
- Source type
- Study
- Map role
- supports
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- 10.1037/0278-7393.15.3.432
- PubMed
- Not recorded
- Recorded
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Strengthens the ordinary-memory explanation for many past-life regression reports, especially adult cases involving prior exposure.
Direct reference for the cryptomnesia-explains-past-lives skeptical hypothesis.
Direct reference for regression-derived claims and cryptomnesia explanations. It should be clearly distinguished from spontaneous child past-life memory cases, which have a different evidence profile.