The identity function of autobiographical memory: Time is on our side

By A. Wilson, M. Ross. Memory, 2003

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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False Memories: What the Hell are They For? (2009, background): “Research suggests that people can falsely recall aspects of their past selves in linewith current beliefs and expectations of who they think they once were and who they are now (Conway & Pleydell-Pearce, 2000; Lindsay & Read, 2006; Ross, 1989; see Wilson & Ross, 2003, for a review).”
A Tale of Three Functions: The Self-Reported Uses of Autobiographical Memory. (2005, background): “A series of studies have shown that self–enhancement (e.g., Wilson & Ross, 2003 ) may also be a function of AM (though this still falls within the broad category of self functions).”
Reminiscence and mental health: a review of recent progress in theory, research and interventions (2010, background): “…generally understood that remembering not only involves the simple recall of instances from long-term memory, but also that memories are reconstructed in relation to existing schemas about the self, and vice versa (Bluck and Levine 1998; Conway, Singer and Tagini 2004; Wilson and Ross 2003).”
Self-Construal and Emotion in Bicultural Bilinguals. (2004, background): “…shown that the way individuals talk about themselves and about personal experiences influences the way they remember events, with the past continuously rewritten to accommodate self-construal and with self-construal frequently altered to accommodate memory (for a review, see Wilson & Ross, 2003).”
To nostalgize: mixing memory with affect and desire (2015, background): “Although prior work has indicated that denigrating memories of one’s past can help maintain one’s current level of self-esteem (Peetz & Wilson, 2008; Wilson & Ross, 2003), this is primarily the case when people evaluate their attributes (e.g., social skills, common sense).”
I'll keep you in mind: the intimacy function of autobiographical memory (2007, methodology): “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).”
Affect Recall Bias: Being Resilient by Distorting Reality (2020, background): “More specifically, the use of strategies to increase PA after the occurrence of an event has been extensively supported, and it is now widely accepted that recalling positive memories is an effective strategy to upregulate positive emotions (Mitchell et al. 1997; Wilson and Ross 2003), enhance emoti”