Social scientists have studied collective memory for almost a century, but psychological
analyses have only recently emerged. Although no singular approach to the psychological …

This review demonstrates that an individualist view of emotion and regulation is untenable.
First, I question the plausibility of a developmental shift away from social interdependency in …

People constantly talk about past experiences. Burgeoning psychological research has
examined the role of communication in remembering by placing rememberers in …

Autobiographical memory encompasses our recollections of specific, personal events. In this
article, we review the interactions between emotion and autobiographical memory, focusing …

In this volume, Qi Wang traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of
the autobiographical self-the self that is made of memories of the personal past and of the …

This book introduces you to the fascinating phenomena involved in human memory: the
theories about how memory works, the supporting evidence for those theories, and the …

Abstract More than 3,000 individuals from 7 US cities reported on their memories of learning
of the terrorist attacks of September 11, as well as details about the attack, 1 week, 11 …

People who attach personal importance to an attitude are especially knowledgeable about
the attitude object. This article tests an explanation for this relation: that importance causes …

Within a week of the attack of September 11, 2001, a consortium of researchers from across
the United States distributed a survey asking about the circumstances in which respondents …

The present study investigates the emotional determinants of the phenomenal
characteristics of autobiographical memories. A total of 84 participants completed the …