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This book explores the organization and structure of autobiographical memory. Based on over thirty years of research, and the latest empirical findings, it presents the major theories and problems in the science of autobiographical memory organization.
List of contents
- 1: John H. Mace: Introduction and overview
- 2: David C. Rubin: Placing Autobiographical Memory in a General Memory Organization
- 3: Martin A. Conway, Lucy V. Justice, and Arnaud D'Argembeau: The Self-Memory System Revisited: Past, Present, and Future
- 4: Robyn Fivush and Theodore E.A. Waters: Development and Organization of Autobiographical Memory Form and Function
- 5: Qi Wang: Culture in the Organization of Autobiographical Memory
- 6: Susan Bluck, Nicole Alea, and Emily Mroz: Form follows function: autobiographical memory in ecological context
- 7: Heather Iriye and Peggy L. St. Jacques: The Neural Basis of Autobiographical Memory
- 8: Alexandra Ernst and Clare J. Rathbone: The role of the self in the organization of memories and imagined future events
- 9: Jonathan Koppel and Dorthe Berntsen: The Cue-Dependency of the "Reminiscence Bumps" in Autobiographical Memory and Memory for Public Events: What They Reveal About Memory Organization
- 10: John H. Mace and Amanda M. Clevinger: The associative nature of episodic memories: The primacy of conceptual associations
About the author
John H Mace is a cognitive psychologist who specializes in the study of memory. He is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Eastern Illinois University, and author of Involuntary Memory (Blackwell, 2007) and The Act of Remembering (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).
Summary
This book explores the organization and structure of autobiographical memory. Based on over thirty years of research, and the latest empirical findings, it presents the major theories and problems in the science of autobiographical memory organization.
Additional text
The organization, structure, and some functions of autobiographical memory compose the subject matter of this edited volume... for researchers in the field of autobiographical memory, this multiauthored collection is likely a valuable contribution.
