Cryptomnesia
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For the album by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, see Cryptomnesia (album).
Cryptomnesia occurs when a forgotten memory returns without its being recognized as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original. It is a memory bias whereby a person may falsely recall generating a thought, an idea, a tune, a name, or a joke;[1] they are not deliberately engaging in plagiarism, but are experiencing a memory as if it were a new inspiration.
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