Berntsen et al. (2017)

Spontaneous or intentional? Involuntary versus voluntary episodic memories in older and younger adults.

Psychology and Aging, 32(2), 192-201

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Berntsen, D., Rasmussen, A. S., Miles, A. N., Nielsen, N. P., & Ramsgaard, S. B. (2017). Spontaneous or intentional? Involuntary versus voluntary episodic memories in older and younger adults. Psychology and Aging, 32(2), 192-201. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000157

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Involuntary Retrieval Memory Processes

Measured in humans

Across a film-based laboratory study and a daily-life study, older adults reported involuntary episodic memories as often as younger adults, even though their voluntary remembering was slower or less frequent