Dimensiones de análisis de los recuerdos personales como recuerdos afectivos

Abstract

La investigación reciente en psicología cognitiva sobre la memoria emocional ha estudiado las distintas formas en que las emociones afectan a la memoria, sin profundizar no obstante en la comprensión de la manera en que los aspectos emocionales, afectivos y mnemónicos se encuentran estrechamente entrelazados en el contenido mismo de un acto de reminiscencia. En este artículo propongo un marco conceptual de análisis que nos permite entender los recuerdos personales como recuerdos esencialmente afectivos, y que se articula en torno a dos variables continuas e independientes: por un lado, la intencionalidad del recuerdo, es decir, el objeto hacia el cual el recuerdo está dirigido, que puede ser descriptiva o evaluativa; por el otro, la perspectiva afectiva del recuerdo, que puede fluctuar desde la perspectiva de primera persona hasta la perspectiva de tercera persona. Las dos dimensiones son analizadas en profundidad y las limitaciones de este marco y las futuras líneas de investigación son igualmente presentadas.

Journeying to the past: time travel and mental time travel, how far apart?

“…However, perspectives can extend beyond visuospatial aspects and encompass evaluative and affective dimensions. While evaluative and affective perspectives are more complex than visuospatial perspectives ( Trakas, 2021b ), a similar reductionistic dichotomy is often employed, distinguishing between evaluative and affective first person/field/internal perspectives and third person/observer/external perspectives ( Goldie, 2003 , 2012 ; Habermas, 2006 , 2019 ; Sutton, 2010 , 2014 ). In the context of TT, the first person perspective corresponds to the affect, emotions, and evaluations experienced by the actor of the event, in this case, the past self.…”

“…Furthermore, the traveler may be capable of perceiving the past situation from the viewpoint of their past self ( Hutto and McGivern, 2016 ), thereby experiencing a tendency to find themselves in the past condition ( Wollheim, 1984 ) and relive the past inner world of feelings and sensations ( Weber, 1914 ), without necessarily feeling empathy or actually reliving the past emotion. In extreme cases, this inclination may even lead to emotional contagion, resulting in a sort of “pale reflection” of the past self’s emotions ( Hatfield et al, 2009 ; Trakas, 2021b ).…”

“…Certain emotions can only be revealed or come into existence in the present when the event that elicited them is considered within a broader structure. Consequently, these emotions, now conceptualized as such in the present, can be faithfully attributed to the past event (see Trakas, 2021b for a detailed analysis of the relationship between memory, affectivity and emotion). In contrast to the aforementioned examples, the changes or resetting of the past reality—understood in its full sense, and not merely as physical occurrences—do not stem from changes or the newfound accessibility of concepts and values that were previously absent.…”