Department of Psychology, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, USA.
Memory. 2022 Feb;30(2):161-171. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2021.1998540. Epub 2021 Nov 5.
Research on involuntary autobiographical memories has shown that such memories are also experienced as byproducts of voluntarily produced autobiographical memories [Mace, 2006. Episodic remembering creates access to involuntary conscious memory: Demonstrating involuntary recall on a voluntary recall task. , (8), 917-924]. This study examined perceptions of these memories with respect to their evoking voluntary memories. Participants were engaged in an autobiographical memory recall task, and asked to report on the experience of involuntary memories. They were asked to report if involuntary memories and evoking voluntary memories were related, from the same lifetime period, if the involuntary memories had utility and relevance for evoking memories, and if the involuntary memories were experienced as intrusive. The results showed that involuntary memories were related to evoking voluntary memories, frequently from the same lifetime period, and generally not experienced as intrusive. While mostly perceived as relevant to evoking memories, less than one-half of the involuntary memories were perceived as useful. The results raise questions about the functional nature of this type of involuntary remembering.
关于非自愿自传体记忆的研究表明，这种记忆也是自愿产生自传体记忆的副产品[Mace，2006。情节记忆产生对非自愿意识记忆的访问：在自愿回忆任务上证明非自愿回忆。，（8），917-924]。本研究考察了这些记忆在唤起自愿记忆方面的感知。参与者参与了自传体记忆回忆任务，并被要求报告非自愿记忆的体验。他们被要求报告非自愿记忆和唤起的自愿记忆是否相关，是否来自同一生命周期，非自愿记忆是否对唤起记忆有用和相关，以及非自愿记忆是否被体验为侵入性。结果表明，非自愿记忆与唤起的自愿记忆有关，通常来自同一生命周期，而且通常不会被体验为侵入性。虽然大多数被认为与唤起记忆相关，但不到一半的非自愿记忆被认为是有用的。结果提出了关于这种类型的非自愿记忆的功能性质的问题。
