lapsessuch
Lapsessuch is a term used in cognitive psychology to describe a temporary lapse-induced distortion of temporal memory, where the order of events is misremembered or mis-timed during recall or perception. The phenomenon affects the sequencing of items rather than their content. In typical experiments, participants are shown or heard a rapid sequence and later asked to reproduce or judge their relative order. Lapsessuch errors are identified when reported sequences deviate from the actual order beyond what random guessing would produce.
The word is a neologism combining lapsus, Latin for lapse, with a suffix intended to mark a
Proposed mechanisms include brief attentional lapses, interference from adjacent items, and reconstructive processes during retrieval. Some
Research methods include temporal order judgment tasks, sequence reproduction with timestamps, and delayed recall with confidence
See also: false memory, temporal order error, order effects, eyewitness memory, memory reconstruction.