Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Introduction David C. Rubin; Part I. Approaches: 2. What is recollective memory? William F. Brewer; 3. Autobiographical knowledge and autobiographical memories Martin A. Conway; 4. Autobiographical remembering: narrative constraints on objectified selves Craig R. Barclay; Part II. Accuracy: 5. Time in autobiographical memory Steen F. Larsen, Charles P. Thompson and Tina Hansen; 6. The pliability of autobiographical memory: misinformation and the false memory problem Robert F. Belli and Elizabeth F. Loftus; 7. Autobiographical memory in court Willem A. Wagenaar; Part III. Emotions: 8. Perspective, meaning, and remembering John A. Robinson; 9. Emotional events and emotions in autobiographical memories Sven-Ake Christianson and Martin A. Safer; 10. Depression and the specificity of autobiographical memory J. M. G. Williams; Part IV. Social Functions: 11. Remembering as communication: a family recounts its past William Hirst and David Manier; 12. Group narrative as the cultural context of autobiography Jerome Bruner and Carol Fleisher Feldman; 13. Memories of college: the importance of specific educational episodes David B. Pillemer, Martha L. Picariello, Anneliesa Beebe Law and Jill S. Reichman; Part V. Development and Disruption: 14. Remembering, recounting, and reminiscing: the development of autobiographical memory in social context Robyn Fivush, Catherine Haden and Elaine Reese; 15. Intersecting meanings of reminiscence in adult development and aging Joseph M. Fitzgerald; 16. Schizophrenic delusion and the construction of autobiographical memory Alan D. Baddeley, Andrew Thornton, Siew Eng Chua and Peter McKenna.

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This book reviews the latest research in the field of autobiographical memory.