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Involuntary memory

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Involuntary memory is a sub-component of memory that occurs when cues encountered in everyday life evoke recollections of the past without conscious effort. Voluntary memory, its opposite, is characterized by a deliberate effort to recall the past.

Involuntary memory - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Memory triggered by an environmental cue A famous example of involuntary memory is when, in his book In Search of Lost Time , Marcel Proust is reminded of his childhood by the taste of a madeleine cake dunked in tea. Involuntary memory {{cite journal | last1=Elua | first1=Ia | last2=Laws | first2=Keith R. | last3=Kvavilashvili | first3=Lia | title=From mind-pops to hallucinations? A study of involuntary semantic memories in schizophrenia | journal=Psychiatry Research | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=196 | issu

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