Reconstructive Memory is a theory of elaborate memory [[elaborativeRecall (memory processing)|recall]] proposed within the field of [[Cognitive Psychology]], in which the act of remembering is influenced by and dependent on various other cognitive processes including [[Perception]], [[Imagination]], [[Semantic memory]] and [[Beliefs]], amongst others. One of the basic assumptions of this theory was adequately summarized by [[Sir Frederick Bartlett]] <ref>Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology</ref>