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This collection of 27 papers covers all aspects of autobiographical memory. In an opening section, leading researchers in the field consider conceptual issues relating to the definition and appropriate characterization of autobiographical memory. Subsequent sections deal with the social construction and development of autobiographical memory, cognitive models of autobiographical memory, and autobiographical memory across the lifespan. In the closing section, impairments of autobiographical memory arising from emotional disturbances and brain damage are reviewed in some depth. This book should be of interest to all researchers and students concerned with autobiographical memory in particular and with human memory generally. Developmental psychologists, clinicians, neuropsychologists, and gerontologists may also find the book relevant.

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Author:   M.A. Conway ,  David C. Rubin ,  Hans Spinnler ,  Willem A. Wagenaar
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1992 ed.
Volume:   65
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.990kg
ISBN:  

9780792316466

ISBN 10:   0792316460
Pages:   502
Publication Date:   29 February 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Making Sense of the Past.- What is Autobiographical Memory?.- Phenomenal Experience in Laboratory and Autobiographical Memory Tasks.- Personal Context in Autobiographical and Narrative Memories.- Autobiographical Remembering: Creating Personal Culture.- Autobiographical Memory and Conceptualizations of the Self.- The Social Construction of Autobiographical Memory.- Autobiographical Remembering: An Integrative Approach.- Memory for an Early School Report.- A Structural Model of Autobiographical Memory.- The Wider Importance of Autobiographical Memory Research.- The Functions of Autobiographical Memory.- First Experience Memories: Contexts and Functions in Personal Histories.- There is More to Episodic Memory than Just Episodes.- Remembering my Worst Sins: How Autobiographical Memory Serves the Updating of the Conceptual Self.- The Construction and Function of Vivid Memories.- Autobiographical Memory and Survey Methodology: Furthering the Bridge between Two Disciplines.- Socio-historical Context and Autobiographical Memories: Variations in the Reminiscence Phenomenon.- Collective Memory and Collective Memories.- Emotional Memories in Laboratory Studies versus Real-life Studies: Do they Compare?.- Evaluating “the Cognitive Structure of Emotions” using Autobiographical Memories of Emotional Events.- Repression and Autobiographical Memory.- Categoric and Extended Autobiographical Memories.- Autobiographical Memory and Life-history Narratives in Aging and Dementia (Alzheimer type).- Autobiographical Memory in Clinical Research and Practice.- Is Autobiographical Impairment Due to a Deficit of Recollection? An Overview of Studies on Alzheimer Dements, Frontal and Global Amnesic Patients.- Semantic and Autobiographical Memory: Neuropsychological Dissociations?.- Definitionsof Autobiographical Memory.

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