ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science
Autobiographical Memory: New Directions, New Methods
This symposium provides an overview of recent developments in the area of autobiographical memory, broadly defined. Topics covered include: vicarious life narratives, memory for fictional vs personal events, highly superior autobiographical memory and the compressed life review experience. Each presentation highlights the methodological innovations required to investigate these new topics.
Chairs & Discussants
- Norman BrownChair
University of Alberta
Presentations
- On the Organization and Retrieval of Personal- and Fictional-Event Memories: The Harry Potter StudyNorman Brown
- Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory: A Balanced Brain ActivationGiuliana Mazzoni
- Compressed Life Review Experience As a Mode of Autobiographical Memory FunctioningVeronika Nourkova
- Vicarious Life Stories: How Individuals Describe Close Others’ Life Stories Is Related to but Less Positive Than Their Own Life StoriesDorthe Thomsen