The construction of autobiographical memories in the self-memory system.

By M. Conway, Christopher W. Pleydell-Pearce. Psychology Review, 2000

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Emotion and Memory Research: A Grumpy Overview (2004, background): “It has long been acknowledged that memory for nonemotional information is partially reconstructed based on post-event information and appraisals (Bartlett, 1932; Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Loftus, 1992; Ross, 1989).”
A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Autobiographical Memory (2005, background): “…constructs (e.g., independent vs. interdependent orientation) also have overarching effects on memory retrieval such that memories are often reconstructed to reflect individuals’ current goals, motives, and selftheories (Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Greenwald, 1980; McAdams, 2001; Ross, 1989).”
Posttraumatic stress disorder following assault: the role of cognitive processing, trauma memory, and appraisals. (2003, background): “…To the extent that elaboration increases the number of such associations, it facilitates intentional retrieval of memories through higher order search strategies and simultaneously inhibits direct, lower level retrieval through matching sensory cues (Conway, 1997; Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000).”
Characterizing spatial and temporal features of autobiographical memory retrieval networks: a partial least squares approach (2004, methodology): “It is argued that general events represent the preferred level of access into this system (Conway and Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Burt et al., 2003), primarily because the AMs comprising this level are neither too abstract nor too specific, and thus can facilitate retrieval of specific events.”
Using imagination to understand the neural basis of episodic memory (2007, methodology): “…a purely created imagined experience does not have the same reliance or effect on the imaginer’s self-schema compared with a real episodic memory (Conway and Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Gallagher, 2000) although both likely involve the adoption of an egocentric viewpoint (Burgess, 2006) on the part…”
Personality development: continuity and change over the life course. (2010, neutral): “It is a narrative reconstruction of the autobiographical past and imagined rendering of the anticipated future, complete with demarcated chapters, key scenes (high points, low points, turning points), main characters, and intersecting plot lines (Conway & Pleydell-Pearce 2000, McAdams 1985).”
New Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory: The Integration of Narrative Processing and Autobiographical Reasoning (2001, background): “As thoughts take the form of stories, their capacity to highlight desired goals and to energize the different systems of the personality toward these salient goals is markedly increased (Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Habermas & Bluck, 2000; Singer, 1995).”
How We Feel is a Matter of Time: Relationships Between Time Perspectives and Mood (2014, background): “In Conway’s theory (Conway and Pleydell-Pearce 2000; Conway et al. 2004), the person maintains a ‘working self’ that is shaped by a M.”
I'll keep you in mind: the intimacy function of autobiographical memory (2007, background): “The self functions of AM involve instances where memories are used to promote continuity or development of the self (Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Wilson & Ross, 2003) and for regulating emotions (Pasupathi, 2003; Robinson & Swanson, 1990).”
Phenomenal characteristics associated with projecting oneself back into the past and forward into the future: influence of valence and temporal distance. (2004, background): “In addition, people may control the retrieval of stored information during the process of constructing a specific memory (see Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000), by favoring access to positive rather than negative information (D'Argembeau et al., 2003).”
Chutes Versus Ladders: Anchoring Events and a Punctuated-Equilibrium Perspective on Social Exchange Relationships (2010, background): “Autobiographical memory is broken down into knowledge of lifetime periods (e.g., first job, first house), general events (e.g., first day on the job), and specific events (e.g., what Harry said to me in my cubicle on the first day on the job; Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000).”
Trauma-Related Intrusions and Psychosis: An Information Processing Account (2004, background): “Given these experiences may be represented within an image based form, they may have a particularly powerful impact on the person’s sense of self in autobiographical memory (Conway, 2001; Conway and Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Conway and Holmes, in press).”