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

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

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

Episodic memory has been analyzed in a number of different ways in both philosophy and
psychology, and most controversy has centered on its self-referential, autonoetic character …

Humans have a fundamental need to experience a shared reality with others. We present a
new conceptualization of shared reality based on four conditions. We posit (a) that shared …

Sharing good news with others is one way that people can savor those experiences while
building personal and interpersonal resources. Although prior research has established the …

This article explores recent progress in theory, research and practical applications of
reminiscence. It first describes the evidence for reminiscence as a naturally occurring …

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 …

People often form and retrieve memories in the company of others. Yet, nearly 125 years of
cognitive research on learning and memory has mainly focused on individuals working in …

Scholars have yet to explore narrative repetition—when a story is recalled and retold from
another narrative—for its rich conceptual depth. To build a case for this area, we analyze …