Differences in Brain Activation Between the Retrieval of Specific and Categoric Autobiographical Memories: An EEG Study

Difficulty in retrieving specific autobiographical memories is known as overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM). OGM has been related with clinical psychopathology (e.g., depression, schizophrenia, etc.). People presenting an OGM style usually recall more repetitive summary-type memories, so-called categoric memories, (e.g., ‘each time I saw her’) rather than specific memories (events occurring on a specific day whose duration does not exceed 24 hours; e.g., ‘the day I met her’). Differences in brain [...]

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