Remembering President Barack Obama's inauguration and the landing of US Airways Flight 1549: A comparison of the predictors of autobiographical and event memory

Koppel, Jonathan; Brown, Adam; Stone, Charles B.; Coman, Alin; Hirst, William

doi:10.1080/09658211.2012.756040

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“…This finding is consistent with the beneficial effect of repetition demonstrated in other studies assessing semantic memory in young adults [40,41] and aMCI [28]. This result is also similar to results reported by Müller et al in aMCI and AD patients which showed that better performance was associated with greater self-reported retrieval frequency of historic events [20].…”

Section: Public Events Memory 16supporting

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“…Indeed, beneficial effects of repetition on consolidation processes have been found in some studies assessing memory for public events in healthy subjects. For example, Koppel and colleagues showed a positive relationship between the accuracy of memories concerning the emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 off the coast of Manhattan in 2009 and the frequency with which participants reported having thought or spoken, as well as watched, read and listened to the media coverage about this event [40]. In another study, prior retrieval caused by repeated testing seemed to promote better recall for September 11 th 2001 events [41].…”

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Memory for Public Events in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Importance of Rehearsal

Langlois

Joubert

Benoit

et al. 2016

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Ribot's law refers to the better preservation of remote memories compared with recent ones that presumably characterizes retrograde amnesia. Even if Ribot-type temporal gradient has been extensively studied in retrograde amnesia, particularly in Alzheimer's disease (AD), this pattern has not been consistently found. One explanation for these results may be that rehearsal frequency rather than remoteness accounts for the better preservation of these memories. Thus, the aim of present study was to address this question by studying retrograde semantic memory in subjects with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) (n = 20), mild AD (n = 20) and in healthy older controls (HC; n = 19). In order to evaluate the impact of repetition as well as the impact of remoteness, we used a test assessing memory for enduring and transient public events that occurred in the recent and remote past. Results show no clear temporal gradient across time periods (1960-1975; 1976-1990; 1991-2005; 2006-2011), but a better performance was observed in all three groups for enduring compared with transient events. Moreover, although deficits were globally found in both patients groups compared with HC, more specific analyses revealed that aMCI patients were only impaired on transient events while AD patients were impaired on both transient and enduring events. Exploratory analyses also revealed a tendency suggesting preservation of remote transient events in aMCI. These findings are discussed with regards to memory consolidation models.

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Section: Public Events Memory 16supporting

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Memory for Public Events in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Importance of Rehearsal

Langlois

Joubert

Benoit

et al. 2016

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“…This speaks against the possibility of the Living-in-History effect being a product of the reminiscence bump. Future studies with adults who have not lived through World War II but who experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall or other positively perceived public events like president Obama's inauguration (Koppel, Brown, Stone, Coman, & Hirst, 2013) could clarify whether a positive public event can lead to at least a moderate Living-in-History effect.…”

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Living in history and living by the cultural life script: How older Germans date their autobiographical memories

Bohn

Habermas

2015

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This study examines predictions from two theories on the organization of autobiographical memory: Cultural Life Script Theory which conceptualizes the organization of autobiographical memory by cultural schemata, and Transition Theory which proposes that people organize their memories in relation to personal events that changed the fabric of their daily lives, or in relation to negative collective public transitions, called the Living-in-History effect. Predictions from both theories were tested in 48 old Germans from Berlin and Northern Germany. We tested whether the Living-in-History effect exists for both negative (WW II) and positive (Fall of Berlin Wall) collectively experienced events, and whether cultural life script events serve as a prominent strategy to date personal memories. Results showed a powerful, long-lasting Living-in History effect for the negative, but not the positive event. Berlin participants dated 26% of their memories in relation to WW II. Supporting cultural life script theory, life script events were frequently used to date personal memories. This provides evidence that people use a combination of culturally transmitted knowledge and knowledge based on personal experience to navigate through their autobiographical memories, and that experiencing war has a lasting impact on the organization of autobiographical memories across the life span.

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“…Others have argued, however, that these memories are characterized by unusual vividness, subjective certainty, and longevity, if not accuracy (e.g., Talarico & Rubin, 2007). Because of these characteristics, flashbulb memory continues to be a topic of strong interest to both memory researchers and the public (e.g., Day & Ross, in press; Hirst et al, 2009; Koppel, Brown, Stone, Coman, & Hirst, 2013; Kraha & Boals, in press). …”

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Distinct processes shape flashbulb and event memories

et al. 2013

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In the present study, we examined the relation between memory for a consequential and emotional event and memory for the circumstances in which people learned about that event, known as flashbulb memory. We hypothesized that these two types of memory have different determinants and that event memory is not necessarily a direct causal determinant of flashbulb memory. Italian citizens (N = 352) described their memories of Italy’s victory in the 2006 Football World Cup Championship after a delay of 18 months. Structural equation modeling showed that flashbulb memory and event memory could be clearly differentiated and were determined by two separate pathways. In the first pathway, importance predicted emotional intensity, which, in turn, predicted the frequency of overt and covert rehearsal. Rehearsal was the only direct determinant of vivid and detailed flashbulb memories. In the second pathway, importance predicted rehearsal by media exposure, which enhanced the accuracy and certainty of event memory. Event memory was also enhanced by prior knowledge. These results have important implications for the debate concerning whether the formation of flashbulb memory and event memory involve different processes and for understanding how flashbulb memory can be simultaneously so vivid and so error-prone.

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Remembering President Barack Obama's inauguration and the landing of US Airways Flight 1549: A comparison of the predictors of autobiographical and event memory

Cited by 23 publications

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Memory for Public Events in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Importance of Rehearsal

Memory for Public Events in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Importance of Rehearsal

Living in history and living by the cultural life script: How older Germans date their autobiographical memories

Distinct processes shape flashbulb and event memories

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