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Autobiographical memory performs a self-representative function by using personal memories to create and maintain a coherent self-identity over time. [3] This self-continuity is the most commonly referred to self-representative function of autobiographical memory. [13]
Ira Hyman is an American psychologist who is a professor of psychology at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.His research is focused on human memory including traumatic memories, false childhood memories, autobiographical memory, memory in social context, and memory for phobia onset. [1]
Martin Anthony Conway [a] (18 August 1952 – 30 March 2022) was a British psychologist and psychoanalyst focusing on the study of autobiographical memory, [3] [4] as well as the interactions between human memory and the law. [5] He served as head of the psychology department, City, University of London before his passing.
Research suggests that declarative memory is supported by several functions of the medial temporal lobe system which includes the hippocampus. [58] Autobiographical memory – memory for particular events within one's own life – is generally viewed as either equivalent to, or a subset of, episodic memory.
Autobiographical elaboration is known to benefit memory by creating links between the processed stimuli, and the self, for example, deciding whether a word would describe the personal self. Memory formed through autobiographical elaboration is enhanced as compared to items processed for meaning, but not in relation to the self. [37] [38]
The new model of autobiographical memory relies heavily on the hierarchical nature of memory. Specifically, the model proposes that autobiographical memory can be broken down into four categories: conceptual themes, lifetime periods, general events, and event-specific knowledge. As one moves down the hierarchy, memories become more specific. [9]
SAD reported greater current self-conscious emotions when recalling autobiographical social situations, and greater active avoidance of similar situations than did the control group. [15] [page needed] Autobiographical memory of social situations in SAD may influence current and future thinking, emotion, and behavioral avoidance. [15] [page needed]
Scientists now need to ascertain if and how these brain areas are connected to establish a coherent neurological model for superior autobiographical memory. For autobiographical memory, the hippocampus, located in the medial temporal lobe, is involved in the encoding of declarative memory (memory for facts and events), while the temporal cortex ...