Memory And Cognition Vocabulary

verb to remember or recall something from memory

• I struggled to recollect the details of the meeting from last week.
• Can you help me recollect what happened at the party?
• I can't seem to recollect where I left my keys.
• As I walked through the old neighborhood, memories began to recollect in my mind.

noun the act of repeating information without understanding it

• The medical term for the act of vomiting is regurgitation.
• I can't believe he regurgitated his entire meal after eating so much.
• I feel like I'm gonna regurgitate if I eat another bite.
• The politician's regurgitation of the same tired talking points did not impress the audience.

noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

• The elderly man shared a touching reminiscence of his youth during the war.
• I was looking through old photo albums and had a nice reminiscence of our family vacation.
• After hearing that song, it brought back a fun reminiscence of our high school days.
• The abandoned house was a haunting reminiscence of a time long forgotten.

adjective relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible.

• The researcher conducted a study on individuals with eidetic memory.
• She has an eidetic memory and can remember everything she reads.
• My friend is like a human computer, she's totally eidetic.
• The artist had an eidetic vision of how the final painting would look.

noun a small sponge cake typically baked in a shell-shaped mold

adjective describing word that modifies a noun

• The madeleine is a traditional French pastry that is often enjoyed with tea or coffee.
• I love having a madeleine with my morning coffee.
• Let's grab some madeleines for our picnic later.
• The smell of the madeleine brought back memories of my childhood.