RECONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reconstructive memory mean? 

• RECONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY (noun)
  The noun RECONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY has 1 sense:

1. recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall

  Familiarity information: RECONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

reconstruction; reconstructive memory

Hypernyms ("reconstructive memory" is a kind of...):

recall; recollection; reminiscence (the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort))