The Handbook of Autobiographical Memory: From Basic to Applied Perspectives offers a comprehensive view on autobiographical memory from a multidisciplinary approach. The book explores contemporary advances in understanding both cognitive and neural processes, including historical contexts on autobiographical memory theory and assessment. The book further synthesizes insights from cognitive, developmental, and social aspects of autobiographical functioning while also covering departures from norms in terms of autobiographical memory dysfunction.
A section on applications equips readers with essential information regarding the assessment and detection of autobiographical memory dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric populations. How such processes evolve over the lifespan, and how deviations from healthy memory function can be supported through novel rehabilitation practices are also covered.
A section on applications equips readers with essential information regarding the assessment and detection of autobiographical memory dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric populations. How such processes evolve over the lifespan, and how deviations from healthy memory function can be supported through novel rehabilitation practices are also covered.
Table of Contents
1. Flashbulb Memory2. Cognitive processes of autobiographical memory
3. Autobiographical memory & Music
4. Collaborative Recall
5. Recollection/ Deja vu
6. Individual differences in autobiographical memory
7. Involuntary memory
8. Life stories
9. Autobiographical memory in functional amnesia
10. Autobiographical function
11. Visual imagery
12. Aging, imaging & autobiographical memory
13. Functions of Autobiographical Memory
14. Developmental perspective
15. False memories
16. Effects of Culture on autobiographical memory
17. Developmental & social perspectives
18. Episodic future thinking
19. Phenomenology of autobiographical memory Conclusion
Authors
Mohamad El Haj Institut Universitaire de France, France.Mohamad EL HAJ (Clinical Gerontology Department, Nantes Hospital, Nantes, France) is a full professor of cognitive psychology and clinical neuropsychologist. He dedicates his research and clinical activities to the study of memory and the rehabilitation of memory disorders. He published more than 250 peer reviewed papers, mostly on memory function and memory disorders. He is editor of WIRES cognitive Sciences and section editor of Heliyon.
Steve M.J. Janssen University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia. Steve M. J. JANSSEN (School of Psychology, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia) is a Professor of Psychology, examining the lifespan distribution and function of autobiographical memory. He also examines cross-cultural differences in autobiographical memory. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, and he has been Associate Editor at Applied Cognitive Psychology (2017-2023) and is currently member of the editorial boards at Time & Society and Memory & Cognition. Muireann Irish The University of Sydney, Australia. Muireann Irish(School of Psychology, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia) is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience specialising in the neurocognitive architecture of memory across the adult lifespan and its breakdown in neurodegenerative disorders. She has published more than 160 papers, the majority of which are on autobiographical memory and future thinking in aging and dementia. She has extensive editorial experience having served as Associate Editor for eLife (2019-2023) and Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews (2021-present), handling >300 submissions during her tenure.
