Subjective feeling of re-experiencing past events using immersive virtual reality prevents a loss of episodic memory.
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serval:BIB_194D219A103C
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Subjective feeling of re-experiencing past events using immersive virtual reality prevents a loss of episodic memory.
Journal
Brain and behavior
ISSN
2162-3279 (Electronic)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
06/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
10
Number
6
Pages
e01571
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Personally meaningful past episodes, defined as episodic memories (EM), are subjectively re-experienced from the natural perspective and location of one's own body, as described by bodily self-consciousness (BSC). Neurobiological mechanisms of memory consolidation suggest how initially irrelevant episodes may be remembered, if related information makes them gain importance later in time, leading for instance, to a retroactive memory strengthening in humans.
Using an immersive virtual reality system, we were able to directly manipulate the presence or absence of one's body, which seems to prevent a loss of initially irrelevant, self-unrelated past events.
Our findings provide an evidence that personally meaningful memories of our past are not fixed, but may be strengthened by later events, and that body-related integration is important for the successful recall of episodic memories.
Using an immersive virtual reality system, we were able to directly manipulate the presence or absence of one's body, which seems to prevent a loss of initially irrelevant, self-unrelated past events.
Our findings provide an evidence that personally meaningful memories of our past are not fixed, but may be strengthened by later events, and that body-related integration is important for the successful recall of episodic memories.
Keywords
Emotions, Humans, Memory, Episodic, Mental Recall, User-Computer Interface, Virtual Reality, bodily self-consciousness, episodic memory, first-person perspective, memory preservation, virtual reality
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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02/05/2020 15:10
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