cryptomnesia

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And again, we can place an explanation involving cryptomnesia - or unconscious memory recall of novels read, etc.

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  • And again, we can place an explanation involving cryptomnesia - or unconscious memory recall of novels read, etc. —  WordPress.com News
  • Seriously. cryptomnesia is "a memory bias whereby a person falsely recalls generating a thought, an idea, —  Pitchfork: Latest News
  • Ischial callosities cryptomnesia urt termagant —  Jas9 Taipei.
 

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  1. New Latin, < Greek κρυπτός, hidden. + μνῆσις, memory.
 

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