Schlagman & Kvavilashvili (2008)

Involuntary autobiographical memories in and outside the laboratory: How different are they from voluntary autobiographical memories?

Memory & Cognition, 36(5), 920-932

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SCHLAGMAN, S., & KVAVILASHVILI, L. (2008). Involuntary autobiographical memories in and outside the laboratory: How different are they from voluntary autobiographical memories?. Memory & Cognition, 36(5), 920-932. https://doi.org/10.3758/mc.36.5.920

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Involuntary Retrieval Memory Processes

Measured in humans

The standard laboratory test is the vigilance task: people watch for rare vertical lines among horizontal ones while irrelevant cue phrases appear, and write down any memories that pop up; these memories were more specific and retrieved faster than word-cued voluntary memories, and did not differ from diary-recorded everyday involuntary memories in the same people