Reasons to remember: A functionalist view on the relation between memory and psychopathology

Validating the Korean version of the Thinking About Life Experiences Scale

“…For example, in previous studies, researchers have related specific autobiographical memory functions to trait personality (Caci et al, 2019), self‐perception (Berna et al, 2016), depressive symptoms (Grace et al, 2016), and psychological wellbeing (Waters, 2014). Considering that retrieving autobiographical memories is an adaptive response prompted by cues in one's environment (Johannessen & Berntsen, 2010; Liao et al, 2016), inability to functionally use one's memory can be maladaptive (Vanaken et al, 2021). For example, patients with neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder, as well as neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, have difficulties with the functional uses of autobiographical memory (Sheldon et al, 2018).…”

EMDR Therapy and PTSD: A Goal-Directed Predictive Processing Perspective

“…After the traumatic event, any type of (visual, auditory,…) stimulus that was present during trauma might promote reconstruction of memories of the traumatic event given the important predicted consequences of the retrieval of this event (remembering can be seen as a special type of behavior that depends on the same goal-directed inferences as other behavior: Vanaken et al, 2021). These stimuli may cue the prediction of similar events and, because preventing this event is considered highly important, these predictions may cause PTSD-like symptoms such as fear and avoidance, two key symptoms of PTSD (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).…”