Autobiographical Memory

Part 1 Identifying autobiographical memory


types of memories
types of autobiographical memories
are autobiographivcal memories "true"?
what do autobiographical memories represent?
summary - characteristics of autobiographical memories


Part 2 The early theorists


Ribot - a vision in time
Galton
cueing autobiographical memory
Freud - the past as dictator
Bartlett - reconstructing the past
the early experimentalists
the modern agenda


Part 3 The time of your life


sampling memory - Galton's original data
short lives - sampling the memory age distributions of young people
long lives - sampling the memory age distributions of older people
the distribution of memory ages across the life-span, reconsidered
memory age distributions from short, and verifiable, time periods
sampling structured time periods - the school year
dating by landmarks
the process of dating
summary - memory retrieval and memory dating


Part 4 Vivid memories


flashbulb memories
criticisms of the "flashbulb" memory concept
veridicality and the determinants of flashbulb memories
flashbulb memories - a special class of memories?
the role of emotion in vivid memory formation
conclusions - characteristics of flashbulb, and vivid, memories


Part 5 Emotions and the "self"


emotion and autobiographical memory
the self and autobiographical memory
self-knowledge
summary - emotion and personal significance


Part 6 Organization in autobiographical memory


computational models of event knowledge
the structure of autobiographical memory
life themes
theoretical aspects of structure - "the past is another country"
summary - the organization of autobiographical memory


Part 7 Remembering the past - the process of retrieval


the generate-search-verify model
recency, categories and images
single-case studies
events and thoughts
conclusions - retrieval of specific memories


Part 8 The development and decline of autobiographical memory


the development of autobiographical memory - childhood amnesia
Freud and the repression of the past
knowledge structures and the emergence of autobiographical memories
autobiographical memory in old age
the decline of autobiographical memory
the meaning of life


Part 9 The impairment of autobiographical memory


amnesia
impairments of "public" knowledge
impairments of autobiographical memory
methodological note
living with amnesia
autobiographical memory in depression


Part 10 Autobiographical memory and cognition


aspects of autobiographical memory
facts, concepts and memories
learning, problem-solving and explanation
what is an autobiographical memory?
conclusions