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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
MEMORY

Characteristics Autobiographical Memory

▪ Memory for issues and events related to yourself.

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Characteristics Autobiographical Memory

▪ Episodic or Semantic?

Organization
of AM

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Organization of Autobiographical Memory

▪ Retrieval search depends on the types of memory cue and

context
o Specific cue word or telling it to another person (from
more general to specific)
o Memory cue related to a lifetime theme or there is not
a target audience (specific or from specific to general)

Organization of Autobiographical Memory

▪ Neuropsychological evidence

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Visual Imagery and Perspective in AM

▪ Recollection is related to perceptual characteristics (visual and

sensory details, vividness)
▪ Two types of imagery perspectives:
▪ Field perspective (1st person perspective)
▪ Observer perspective (3rd person perspective)

Emotional Aspects of AM

▪ Positivity bias
▪ Negative events?

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Next Week

▪ Reading: Older, Wiser, and Happier (Singer et al., 2007)