Experts

Parker, E., Cahill, L., & McGaugh, J. (2006). A case of unusual autobiographical remembering. Neurocase,12, 35-49.

Schmidt, Henk G., Boshuizen, Henny P.A. & van Breukelen, Gerard J.P. (2002). Long-term retention of a theatrical script by repertory actors: The role of context. Memory, 10, 21-29.

Expertise

Neisser,U. (1982). Memorists. In U. Neisser & I. E. Hyman (eds.) Memory Observed: Remembering in Natural Contexts. (pp. 476-478). New York: Worth Publishers.

Luria, A.R. (1968). The mind of mnemonist. In U. Neisser & I. E. Hyman (eds.) Memory Observed: Remembering in Natural Contexts. (pp. 479-486). New York: Worth Publishers.

Hunt, E. & Love, T. (1972). The second mnemonist. In U. Neisser & I. E. Hyman (eds.) Memory Observed: Remembering in Natural Contexts. (pp. 487-495). New York: Worth Publishers.

Thompson, C., Cowan, T., Frieman, J., Mahadevan, R., Vogl, R., & Frieman, J. (1991). Rajan, Master of Pi. In U. Neisser & I. E. Hyman (eds.) Memory Observed: Remembering in Natural Contexts. (pp. 496-501). New York: Worth Publishers.   

Psychosis

Kalbe, E., Brand, M., Thiel, A., Kessler, J., & Markowitsch, H.J. (2008). Neuropsychological and neural correlates of autobiographical deficits in a mother who killed her children. Neurocase, 14, 15-28.

Baddeley, A., Thornton, A., Chua, S.E., & McKenna, P. (1996). Remembering our Past: Studies in Autobiographical Memory (pp. 244-267). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 327-428.

I thought the questions and responses that came up during class last night were quite interesting, especially around issues of choice and happiness.  I was pleased and surprised to see that the next episode of Radiolab is dedicated to just this topic, and include interviews with Malcolm Gladwell (New Yorker Magazine), John Bargh (social psychologist, Yale), Oliver Sacks (Neurologist, Columbia), Barry Schwartz (social/cognitive psychologist, Swarthmore), and Antoine Bechara (Neuroscientist, USC).  I highly recommend listening to it, and would like to hear your reactions on Tuesday.    

CHOICE

We turn up the volume on the voices in our heads and try to make sense of the babble. On a journey around the country to understand how emotion and logic interact to guide us through our options, we ponder how we get through the million choices and decisions we make every day. Forget free will, some important decisions could come down to a steaming cup of coffee.

Depression and Anxiety

Williams, J. M. G. (1996). Depression and the specificity of autobiographical memory. In D. C. Rubin (Ed.), Remembering our Past: Studies in Autobiographical Memory (pp. 244-267). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Edwards, S. L., Rapee, R. M., & Franklin, J. (2003). Postevent rumination and recall bias for a social performance event in high and low socially anxious individuals. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 27, 603-617.

Wenzel, A., & Cochran, C. K. (2006). Autobiographical memories prompted by automatic thoughts in panic disorder and social phobia. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 35, 129-137.

Alien Confirmation

http://news.aol.com/article/astronaut-says-aliens-have-visited-earth/437766?icid=mainaimdl1link3http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fastronaut-says-aliens-have-visited-earth%2F437766

Unusual Autobiographical Memories: Abducted

Clancy, S.A. (2005). How people come to believe they were kidnapped by space aliens. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Chapters 4-6