Experiences are stored in the mind as discrete mental units, or 'events,'which influence—
and are influenced by—attention, learning, and memory. In this way, the notion of an …

One of the most consistently observed phenomena in autobiographical memory research is
the reminiscence bump: a tendency for middle-aged and elderly people to access more …

Much of our behavior is guided by our understanding of events. We perceive events when
we observe the world unfolding around us, participate in events when we act on the world …

Human Memory, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive overview of research and theory on
human memory. Written in an engaging style, the book is divided into three sections …

Autobiographical reasoning is the activity of creating relations between different parts of
one's past, present, and future life and one's personality and development. It embeds …

How is it that a patch of flickering light on a wall can produce experiences that engage our
imaginations and can feel totally real? From the vertigo of a skydive to the emotional charge …

Two types of misinformation effects are discussed in the literature—the post-event
misinformation effect and the continued influence effect. The former refers to the distorting …

Two studies examined the ability of the life script account to explain the reminiscence bump
for emotionally charged autobiographical memories among Malaysian participants. In Study …

The current study reports two experiments that assessed memory for complex sets of
information (ie, four novels) over the course of several years. This was done to explore …

When a participant is asked to evaluate a stimulus, the judgment is based on the
remembered experience, which might be different from the actual experience. This …