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

Collective memory refers to recollection of events shared by a group. The topic has been of
central interest in the humanities, but recently researchers have begun empirical studies …

How do collective events shape how we remember our lives? We leveraged advances in
natural language processing as well as a rich, longitudinal assessment of 1,000 Americans …

Collective memory and attention are sustained by two channels: oral communication
(communicative memory) and the physical recording of information (cultural memory). Here …

Human Memory, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive overview of research and theory on
human memory. Written in an engaging style, the book is divided into three sections …

The organization of action into sequences underlies complex behaviors that are essential for
organismal survival and reproduction. Despite extensive studies of innate sequences in …

In this paper, we argue that adopting an inclusive approach where diverse cultures are
represented in research is of prime importance for cognitive psychology. The …

The psychological and sociological literature indicate that personal events are remembered
and imagined as more positive than negative, whereas public events are remembered and …

Highlights•Studying collective memory involves exploring how individual memories become
shared.•Selective remembering produces selective forgetting for both speakers and …

The current overview provides an interdisciplinary synthesis of autobiographical and
collective memory studies, focusing on history and cognitive psychology, to help other …