Emergence of Autobiographical Memory II

Mullen. M. (1994). Earliest recollections of childhood: A demographic analysis. Cognition, 52, 55-79.

Harpaz-Rotem, I. & Hirst, W. (2005). The earliest memory in individuals raised in either traditional and reformed kibbutz or outside the kibbutz. Memory, 13, 51-62.

Wang, Qi (2004). The emergence of cultural self-constructs: Autobiographical memory and self-description in European American and Chinese children. Developmental Psychology, 40, 3 –15.

The Emergence of Autobiographical Memory

Freud, S. (1917). An Early Memory from Goethe’s Autobiography. In: U. Neisser & I. E. Hyman (eds.) Memory Observed: Remembering in Natural Contexts. (pp. 289-297). New York: Worth Publishers.

Fivush, R., & Nelson, K. (2004). The emergence of autobiographical memory: A
social cultural developmental theory. Psychological Review, 111, 486-511.

Howe, M.A. & Courage, M.L. (1997). The emergence and early development of autobiographical memory. Psychological Review, 104, 499-523.

Narrative Self

Bruner, J. (2002). Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life. London: Harvard University Press. Chapters 3 and 4

The neurological basis of intuition

From Neurophilosophy:

According to a new study, our gut feelings can enhance the retrieval of explicitly encoded memories - those memories which we encode actively - and therefore lead to improved accuracy in simple decisions. The study, which is published online in Nature Neuroscience, also provides evidence that the retrieval of explicit and implicit memories involves distinct neural substrates and mechanisms.

http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2009/02/the_neurological_basis_of_intuition.php

Sensation to Emotion Conference March 2-3, 2009 • New York City

Thought some of you might be interested in this.

Conference Summary: Sensation to Emotion brings together scholars and clinicians across disciplines in order to advance the understanding of how sensory processing and emotion regulation interact, and how these processes affect human behavior. Both days of the conference feature panel discussions about basic and applied research, as well as presentations and clinical therapy workshops. We will explore the neurobehavioral processes underlying the emotions often associated with a high reactivity level to sensory information, with attention focused on the auditory domains and upon the fear response.

http://www.sensationandemotion.com

Narrative Self

Bruner, J. (2002). Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life. London: Harvard University Press. Chapter 1 and 2.

Self Appraisal

Ross, M., & Wilson, A. E. (2001). From chump to champ: People’s appraisals of their earlier and present selves. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 572-584.

Welzer, H. (2005). Grandpa Wasn’t a Nazi: The Holocaust in German Family Remembrance. American Jewish Committee. International Perspectives, 54, 1-31.

The Boy with the Incredible Brain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbASOcqc1Ss 

6 parts

Eat Less, Remember More

Fewer calories, better memory:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/26/health.calories.memory/index.html

People with lower stress may remember more:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/22/dementia.social/index.html

Distribution, Life Scripts, and the Reminiscence Bump

Holmes & Conway (1999).Generation Identity and the Reminiscence Bump: Memory for Public and Private Events. Journal of Adult Development, 21-34.

Sehulster, J. R. (1996). In my era: Evidence for the perception of a special period of the past. Memory, 4, 145-158.

 

Rubin, D. & Bernstein, D. (2003). Life scripts help to maintain autobiographical memories of highly positive, but not highly negative, events. Memory and Cognition, 31, 1-14.