Selective memory
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Related to Selective memory: Selective attention, Selective mutism
Selective memory can mean any of the following:
- Confirmation bias, the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
- Lacunar amnesia, the loss of memory about one specific event.
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