The Self and Autobiographical Memory: Correspondence and Coherence

Conway, Martin; Singer, Jefferson A.; Tagini, Angela

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“…The loss of AM in AD can have pot ent ially devast at ing consequences f or t he individual and t heir f amily (Conway & Ft henaki, 2000;Howe, 2011). Despit e t he import ance of AM and self -def ining memories f or sense of self (Conway et al , 2004) and mood in general (Holland & Kensinger, 2010), t he evidence f or reminiscence or AM int ervent ions in AD is weak (Woods, Spect or, Jones, Orrell, & Davies, 2005). Therapeut ic int ervent ions direct ed at f acilit at ing t he pleasurable ret rieval of long-t erm memories in a care set t ing f or people wit h AD will t ypically involve t he use of verbal and visual cues f or direct ret rieval (e. g. phot ographs, or a part icular piece of music); but if appropriat e cues are not known or used t hen t he use of guided, generat ive ret rieval met hods may be benef icial as an int ervent ion as t he person becomes more able t o provide t heir own int ernal cues in response.…”

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“…Aut obiographical memory (AM) ret rieval is t hought t o be a dynamic cognit ive and af f ect ive process bet ween episodic memory and self -relevant goals and belief s (t he "working self "; Conway, Singer, & Tagini, 2004). AMs are reconst ruct ed, hierarchical represent at ions of personal experiences incorporat ing, at t he most specif ic level, sensory and percept ual det ails rat her t han f act ual accuracy (Conway, 1990).…”

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The role of working memory and verbal fluency in autobiographical memory in early Alzheimer's disease and matched controls

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The role of working memory and verbal fluency in autobiographical memory in early Alzheimer's disease and matched controls. Neuropsychologia, 78. pp. 115-121. ISSN 0028-3932. Link to official URL (if available):http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia. 2015.10.006 This version is made available in accordance with publishers' policies. All material made available by CReaTE is protected by intellectual property law, including copyright law. Any use made of the contents should comply with the relevant law. AbstractRet rieval of aut obiographical memories (AMs) is import ant f or "sense of self ".Previous research and t heoret ical account s suggest t hat working memory (WM) and semant ic and phonemic f luency abilit ies f acilit at e t he hierarchical search f or, and reliving of past , personal event s in t he mind's eye. However, t here remains a lack of consensus as t o t he nat ure of t he relat ionships bet ween t hese cognit ive f unct ions and t he t ruly episodic aspect s of AM. The present st udy t heref ore aimed t o explore t he associat ions bet ween t hese variables in a sample wit h a wide range of cognit ive abilit ies. The st udy incorporat ed a bet ween-groups component , and a correlat ional component wit h mult iple regression. Part icipant s wit h Alzheimer's disease (n = 10) and mat ched healt hy cont rols (n = 10) were assessed on measures of semant ic and episodic AM search and ret rieval, audit ory and spat ial WM, and semant ic and phonemic f luency. The AD group produced less episodic AM cont ent compared t o cont rols. Semant ic f luency predict ed episodic AM ret rieval independent of age ef f ect s but t here were no signif icant relat ionships bet ween measures of phonemic f luency, WM and episodic AM. The result s suggest t hat t he abilit y t o maint ain hierarchical search of t he semant ic knowledge-base is import ant f or t ruly episodic reliving, and int ervent ions f or people wit h AM impairment might t heref ore benef it f rom incorporat ing st ruct ured, individualised ext ernal memory-aids t o f acilit at e AM search and ret rieval. allow f or t he measurement of "ment al t ime t ravel" t hat must occur f or t he t ruly episodic reliving of phenomenological det ails (Mat uszewski et al. , 2006). This is a key limit at ion because it is possible t hat previous associat ions t hought t o occur bet ween execut ive f unct ion or WM and episodic reliving may act ually be 5 Keywords WORKING MEMORY AND VERBAL FLUENCY IN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORYrelat ionships wit h semant ic rat her t han episodic AM. This issue is f urt her complicat ed by result s suggest ing a role f or MTL-mediat ed episodic memory in semant ic f luency t asks. For example, Sheldon and Moscovit ch (2012) have demonst rat ed t hat inherent ly aut obiographical semant ic f luency t asks (e. g. "names of f riends") recruit MTL st ruct ures compared t o closed-ended semant ic f luency t asks requiring lit t le spat ial or cont ext ual inf ormat ion (e. g. "t hings t hat are red"), but t hat t here was increa...

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“…Autobiographical memory is a complex cognitive-affective system encompassing many types of knowledge including beliefs about memory (Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000;Conway, Singer, & Tagini, 2004). It is mediated by a complex set of interconnected neural networks distributed throughout the neocortex and limbic system (Cabeza & St. Jacques, 2007).…”

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Adult Recollections of Childhood Memories: What Details can be Recalled?

Wells

Morrison

2014

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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In a memory survey, adult respondents recalled, dated, and described two earliest positive and negative memories that they were highly confident were memories. They then answered a series of questions that focused on memory details such as clothing, duration, weather, and so on. Few differences were found between positive and negative memories, which on average had 4/5 details and dated to the age of 6/6.5 years. Memory for details about activity, location, and who was present was good; memory for all other details was poorer or at floor. Taken together, these findings indicate that (full) earliest memories may be considerably later than previously thought and that they rarely contain the sort of specific details targeted by professional investigators. The resulting normative profile of memory details reported here can be used to evaluate overly specific childhood autobiographical memories and to identify memory details with a low probability of recall.

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“…Many self-defining memories, which are vivid and emotional memories of personal events that have a large impact on the identity of a person (Conway, Singer, & Tagini, 2004), occur in these lifetime periods. From adolescence, young people begin to realize who they were in the past, who they currently are, and who they want to be in the future.…”

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The Reminiscence Bump in the Temporal Distribution of the Best Football Players of All Time: Pelé, Cruijff or Maradona?

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Rubin

Conway

2012

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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The reminiscence bump is the tendency to recall more autobiographical memories from adolescence and early adulthood than from adjacent lifetime periods. In this online study, the robustness of the reminiscence bump was examined by looking at participants' judgements about the quality of football players. Dutch participants (N = 619) were asked who they thought the five best players of all time were. The participants could select the names from a list or enter the names when their favourite players were not on the list. Johan Cruijff, Pelé, and Diego Maradona were the three most often mentioned players. Participants frequently named football players who reached the midpoint of their career when the participants were adolescents (mode = 17). The results indicate that the reminiscence bump can also be identified outside the autobiographical memory domain.

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The Self and Autobiographical Memory: Correspondence and Coherence

Cited by 736 publications

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The role of working memory and verbal fluency in autobiographical memory in early Alzheimer's disease and matched controls

The role of working memory and verbal fluency in autobiographical memory in early Alzheimer's disease and matched controls

Adult Recollections of Childhood Memories: What Details can be Recalled?

The Reminiscence Bump in the Temporal Distribution of the Best Football Players of All Time: Pelé, Cruijff or Maradona?

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