Dual representation theory
ID: dual-representation-theory
The original 1996 account distinguishes verbally accessible memories from representations accessed automatically through situational cues. It aims to explain differences between deliberate narrative retrieval and sensory reliving. This functional distinction does not by itself prove two anatomically discrete memory stores.[ref]
A dual representation theory of posttraumatic stress disorder by Chris R. Brewin and others. Psychological Review 103, 670–686; original verbally/situationally accessible memory distinction
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