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CONCEPT
active retrieval
Effortful (volitional) attempt to consciously recollect a memory; often required when retrieval cannot be automatically driven by stimuli.

Classified under Learning and Memory
Definition contributed by CWhite about six months ago.

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NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from Petrides M. cited above
about ten months ago

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Definition contributed by NPicchetti about ten months ago:
is when one has to make an effort to consciously recollect a memory when stimuli in memory do not bear stable relations to each other and therefore retrieval cannot be automatically driven by strong, stable, and unambiguous stimulus or context relations.

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Definition contributed by NPicchetti about one year ago:
is when one has to make an effort to consciously recollect a memory when stimuli in memory do not bear stable relations to each other and therefore retrieval cannot be automatically driven by strong, stable, and unambiguous stimulus or context relations. (from PMID: 12559832)

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Definition contributed by NPicchetti about one year ago:
active retrieval is when one has to make an effort to consciously recollect a memory when stimuli in memory do not bear stable relations to each other and therefore retrieval cannot be automatically driven by strong, stable, and unambiguous stimulus or context relations. (from PMID: 12559832)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about two years ago:
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2011-08-11 CWhite: CWhite updated the definition for active retrieval
2011-04-18 NPicchetti: NPicchetti updated the definition for active retrieval. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/active_retrieval]
2011-04-18 NPicchetti: Added new topic to discussion
2011-04-18 NPicchetti: Added supporting citation.
2010-12-31 NPicchetti: NPicchetti updated the definition for active retrieval. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/active_retrieval]
2010-12-31 NPicchetti: NPicchetti updated the definition for active retrieval. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/active_retrieval]
The mid-ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and active mnemonic retrieval.
Petrides M
(Neurobiol Learn Mem)
2002 Nov
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