Intrusive Memories: A New Perspective

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Intrusive memories are characteristic of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and occur in other mental-health disorders. Their features suggest a potentially important, underexplored, class of memories. I argue that widely accepted features of “standard” forms of memory cannot easily explain intrusive memories. This raises the possibility either that there are deviant forms of “standard types” of memory, or that we need to revise our standard memory taxonomies to include intrusive memories. In Davies (forthcoming) I develop an alternative view of intrusive memories which explains their features in terms of recognition memory. This view helps to explain aspects of intrusive memories (and specifically traumatic intrusions), that other accounts struggle to explain. It may also help to explain other difficulties facing those in trauma recovery, such as resilient forms of loneliness, and may have important clinical implications, which I will briefly address. - Dr Robert Anthony Davies is a Research Associate and Associate Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of York. His research focuses on memory and self-knowledge, with a particular focus on trauma and intrusive memories. He is currently the Secretary of the Philosophy of Memory Organization Please note: only live attendees will receive a 1.5-hour CPD certificate for this webinar. However, the recording will be available to watch for 4 weeks afterwards. To access the recording and other free resources, you will need to join our Basic Access Plan here: https://www.complextraumainstitute.org/plans-pricing This free plan also gives you a 20% discount for our 8th International Online Complex Trauma Conference.