Erfahrungsgedächtnis

English translation: [emotional] memory of experience

10:45 Oct 3, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Psychology
German term or phrase: Erfahrungsgedächtnis
Jeder Mensch verfügt mit seinem hochentwickelten Gehirn über zwei unterschiedliche Bewertungssysteme: den Verstand und das emotionale Erfahrungsgedächtnis. Sie stehen ihm zur Verfügung, um im Leben Entscheidungen zu treffen und dementsprechend zu handeln. Die beiden Systeme unterscheiden sich allerdings stark in ihren Arbeitsweisen.

Der Vorschlag des emotionalen Erfahrungsgedächtnisses wird dem Menschen jedoch nicht durch Sprache kommuniziert, sondern mittels der sogenannten somatischen Marker. Somatische Marker sind körperliche oder emotionale Signale und werden von uns als diffuse Gefühle wahrgenommen.

Instead of translating this literally as 'experience memory', could this be the same as intuition?
Jonathan Spencer
Spain
Local time: 08:20
English translation:[emotional] memory of experience
Explanation:
I don't think "intuition" is a good idea, as it is a more colloquial concept pertaining to humans, whereas Erfahrungsgedächtnis seems to refer brain functions, including of lower animals (see elephant in the reference link).

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It's also associated, in Google hits, with "somatic markers," which is a more specialized idea than "intuition."


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See here: "...the emotional memory of experience that we require to produce positive somatic markers is more accessible via pictorial and metaphorical contents than through all too concrete and realistic resolutions." http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.469...
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Susan Welsh
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Local time: 03:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1experience memory/memory based on experience
David Hollywood
3 +1(emotional) experiential memory
JSolis
3[emotional] memory of experience
Susan Welsh
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sensory experience memory (SEM)
Inter-Tra

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
[emotional] memory of experience


Explanation:
I don't think "intuition" is a good idea, as it is a more colloquial concept pertaining to humans, whereas Erfahrungsgedächtnis seems to refer brain functions, including of lower animals (see elephant in the reference link).

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Note added at 44 mins (2020-10-03 11:29:59 GMT)
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It's also associated, in Google hits, with "somatic markers," which is a more specialized idea than "intuition."


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Note added at 49 mins (2020-10-03 11:34:54 GMT)
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See here: "...the emotional memory of experience that we require to produce positive somatic markers is more accessible via pictorial and metaphorical contents than through all too concrete and realistic resolutions." http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.469...



    https://www.philognosie.net/persoenlichkeit/kluge-entscheidungen-mit-verstand-oder-gefuehl-treffen#das_emotionale_erfahrungsgedachtnis
Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 03:20
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Asker: Yes, I think you're right. Thanks for the reference!

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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(emotional) experiential memory


Explanation:
I would go with "experiential memory" for Erfahrungsgedächtniss. The distinction between volitional memory and emotional experiential memory is explained in an article in Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/taking-the-reins/
"Our brains employ two forms of willful control. The first is volitional memory. [...] For these challenges, we must engage the second form of willful control: emotional experiential memory." (This isn't exactly like the evaluation systems of your text, but related.)
There are many other references to experiential memory, e.g.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-04862-5_...

JSolis
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agree  Adrian MM.
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
experience memory/memory based on experience


Explanation:
Erfahrungsgedächtnis

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Memory is the sum total of what we remember and gives us the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences as well as to build relationships. It is the ability to remember past experiences, and the power or process of recalling to mind previously learned facts, experiences, impressions, skills and habits.25 sept. 2019

David Hollywood
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agree  Inter-Tra: Correct, see link in the reference
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Reference comments


18 hrs
Reference: sensory experience memory (SEM)

Reference information:
In EN/ DE / FR / SP
Sensory Experience Memory in Resource Therapy
Sensorisches Erfahrungsgedächtnis in der Ressourcen-orientierten Therapie
Le souvenir de l’expérience sensorielle dans la thérapie de l’état du moi
Memoria de experiencia sensorial en la Terapia de Recursos

A sensory experience memory (SEM) is an emotional memory that may be either connected to an intellectual memory or it may have become dissociated from its corresponding intellectual memory. Sensory experience memories are the cause of a number of pathologies, including PTSD, panic disorder, and anxiety. When a personality state that holds a negative SEM assumes the conscious, the client may display negative emotional reactions that appear unwarranted. SEMs can also play a central role in therapy to resolve pathology. Resource therapy (RT) incorporates the understanding of SEMs in both diagnosis and treatment. RT will be used in this article to illustrate the importance of working with SEMs, but therapists can translate the use of SEMs to other therapeutic modalities.


    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311733425_Sensory_Experience_Memory_in_Resource_TherapySensorisches_Erfahrungsgedachtnis_in_der_Res
Inter-Tra
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