reminiscence bump
/ˌremɪˈnɪsəns ˌbʌmp/
enhanced recall of events from adolescence and early adulthood
reminiscence bump in a sentence
“The reminiscence bump explains why we remember songs from our teenage years best.”
Origin of reminiscence bump
Latin reminisci to remember + bump a swelling
Related Words
telescoping effect
perceiving recent events as more remote and remote events as more recent
positivity effect
older adults favoring positive over negative information in memory
rosy retrospection
remembering the past as better than it was
peak-end rule
judging experiences based on their peak intensity and how they ended
false memory
a recollection that seems real but is fabricated or distorted
cryptomnesia
a forgotten memory returning without recognition as such