APS

2024 APS Annual Convention

The Social Function of Memory: Shaping Realities across Contexts

Sunday, May 26, 2024 · San Francisco, CA

Symposium · Sunday, May 26, 2024 · 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM ET

Subject Area: Cognitive

In this symposium, the authors of three studies will present their findings on the ways in which people influence each other’s memory in conversation. Two studies focus on individual-level memory sharing in which group membership or relationship status is salient, while the third examines mnemonic convergence across a social network.

Chairs & Discussants

Presentations

  1. Sharing Memories from Deployment and Associations with Psychological and Relational HealthJamie Gardella
  2. Race As a Factor of Group Membership Relational Motives for Socially Shared Retrieval-Induced ForgettingAngelina Vasquez
  3. Mnemonic Influences across Social NetworksEdward Pashkov