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Published: 16th January 1989
ISBN: 9780521368506
Number Of Pages: 312
Rubin brings together and integrates the best contemporary work on the cognitive psychology of memories of the self. Autobiographical memory is the basis for most psychotherapies, an important repository of legal, historical, and literary information, and, in some views, the source of the concept of self. When it fails, it is the focus of serious complaints in many neurological disorders. Introductory chapters place the study of autobiographical memory in its historical, methodological, and theoretical contexts. Later chapters report original research concerning the recollections people have of substanial portions of their lives. Topics include the schematic and temporal organization of autobiographical memory, the temporal distribution of autobiographical memories, and failures of autobiographical memory in various forms of amnesia.
'The publication of this excellent collection represents an important occasion in the development of a science of memory ... The book is well organized ... it now seems clear that a proper theory of memory has to be able to encompass remembering events that happen outside the laboratory as well as those that occur inside the laboratory.' Eugene Winograd, Contemporary Psychology ' ... this is an important book that helps advanced students define a vibrant new approach to memory research.' Choice
| List of contributors | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Overview | |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Historical, theoretical, and methodological contexts for the study of autobiographical memory | |
| Autobiographical memory: a historical prologue | p. 19 |
| What is autobiographical memory? | p. 25 |
| Ways of searching and the contents of memory | p. 50 |
| The general organization of autobiographical memory | |
| Nested structure in autobiographical memory | p. 71 |
| Schematization of autobiographical memory | p. 82 |
| Strategic memory search processes | p. 100 |
| Autobiographical memory: a developmental perspective | p. 122 |
| The temporal organization of autobiographical memory | |
| Public memories and their personal context | p. 137 |
| Temporal reference systems and autobiographical memory | p. 159 |
| Temporal distributions of autobiographical memories | |
| Childhood amnesia: an empirical demonstration | p. 191 |
| Autobiographical memory across the lifespan | p. 202 |
| Failures of autobiographical memory | |
| Amnesia, autobiographical memory, and confabulation | p. 225 |
| A case study of the forgetting of autobiographical knowledge: implications for the study of retrograde amnesia | p. 253 |
| Loss and recovery of autobiographical memory after head injury | p. 273 |
| Author index | p. 291 |
| Subject index | p. 297 |
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ISBN: 9780521368506
ISBN-10: 0521368502
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 312
Published: 16th January 1989
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.66 x 15.24
x 1.65
Weight (kg): 0.43
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