Teoretické poznámky k pojmu memorát v kontexte psychológie spomienok

Rok, strany: 2012, 6 - 17

In this article psychological knowledge of the functioning of autobiographical memory is confronted with folkloristic theories associated with the concept of memorat, which designates narrations of personal experiences with supernatural beings and phenomena. Human memory is not a vessel in wich static information is deposited and later retrieved, rather it is a dynamic process of repeated construction and reconstruction of memories, which is subject to outside influences. This knowledge corresponds to folkloristics´ findings: that the elements of traditional ideas are already part of narratives about personal experiences and are not inevitably a mere result of the changes in stories during their further transmission. The author links the findings of the folklorist Lauri Honko (1964) with the present-day knowledge of psychology concerning so-called false memories. Subsequently, using the resulsts of his own research focused on memorats, he documents this connection.

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Bahna, V. 2012. Teoretické poznámky k pojmu memorát v kontexte psychológie spomienok. In Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology, vol. 60, no.1, pp. 6-17. 1339-9357.

APA:

Bahna, V. (2012). Teoretické poznámky k pojmu memorát v kontexte psychológie spomienok. Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology, 60(1), 6-17. 1339-9357.