Memory

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Mythscapes: memory, mythology, and national identity.

In this paper I seek to challenge the dominant modes of conceiving the relationship between memory and national identity, and in so doing offer analysts of nationalism an improved understanding of the dynamics of national identity formation. The concept ...
Duncan Bell (Br J Sociol, 200303)
mythscapes-memory-mythology-national-identity.asp

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Capacity, strategies, and metamemory: tests of a three-factor model of memory development.

Multiple measures of three of the factors (capacity, strategies, and metamemory) hypothesized to cause improvements in memory with age were obtained from 179 children in kindergarten to second grade (younger: ages 5-8) or third and fourth grade (older: ...
Darlene DeMarie, John Ferron (J Exp Child Psychol, 200303)
capacity-strategies-metamemory-tests-three-factor-model-memory.asp

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Knowing in advance: the impact of prior event information on memory and event knowledge.

We examined the influence of newly acquired information on childrens memory and general representation of a personally experienced event. Thirty-five children between the ages of 5 and 7 years participated in the novel event (Visiting the Pirate). The ...
Rachel Sutherland, Margaret-Ellen Pipe, Katherine Schick, Janice Murray, Camilla Gobbo (J Exp Child Psychol, 200303)
knowing-advance-impact-prior-event-information-memory-event-knowledge.asp

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Using auditory streaming to reduce disruption to serial memory by extraneous auditory warnings.

Three experiments were conducted to examine the effects of extraneous speech warnings (i.e., low-priority warnings initiated during high-priority tasks) on cognitive performance and whether organizing the auditory warnings into streams can attenuate any ...
Simon Banbury, Liz Fricker, Sébastien Tremblay, Lucy Emery (J Exp Psychol Appl, 200303)
auditory-streaming-reduce-disruption-serial-memory-extraneous.asp

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Distorted retrospective eyewitness reports as functions of feedback and delay.

Participant-witnesses viewed a crime video and attempted to identify the culprit from a culprit-absent lineup. The 253 mistaken-identification eyewitnesses were randomly given confirming, disconfirming, or no feedback regarding their identifications. ...
Gary L Wells, Elizabeth A Olson, Steve D Charman (J Exp Psychol Appl, 200303)
distorted-retrospective-eyewitness-reports-functions-feedback-delay.asp

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Children who speak of past-life experiences: is there a psychological explanation?

Children who claim to remember fragments of a past life are found in some countries. Various explanations have been put forward as to why the alleged memories develop, ranging from reincarnation to therapeutic resource. This study puts to the test the ...
Erlendur Haraldsson (Psychol Psychother, 200303)
children-who-speak-past-life-experiences-psychological-explanation.asp

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Commentary: cognitive-affective mechanisms and processes in autobiographical memory.

This commentary highlights some of the interesting points to emerge from the preceding papers about the self, social, and directive functions of autobiographical memory. Additionally some cognitive functions are also considered and especially the way in ...
Martin A Conway (Memory, 200303)
commentary-cognitive-affective-mechanisms-processes-autobiographical.asp

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Errors in performance testing: a comparison of ethanol and temazepam.

Both ethanol and benzodiazepines impair psychomotor function. Previous work has suggested that ethanol may have a greater effect on errors while benzodiazepines may cause greater slowing, but this has not been tested in a direct comparison. We assessed ...
B Tiplady, J Hiroz, L Holmes, G Drummond (J Psychopharmacol, 200303)
errors-performance-testing-comparison-ethanol-temazepam.asp

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Directive functions of autobiographical memory: the guiding power of the specific episode.

Vivid memories of personal experiences provide models for present activities and contribute to successful problem solving and adaptation. The memories serve important directive functions: they inform, guide, motivate, and inspire. Yet directive functions ...
David B Pillemer (Memory, 200303)
directive-functions-autobiographical-memory-guiding-power-specific.asp

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Functions of parent-child reminiscing about emotionally negative events.

Parent-child reminiscing about negative experiences influences childrens developing "emotional self-concept", which comprises three interrelated functions: self-defining (this is the kind of emotional person I am), self-in-relation (this is how I express ...
Robyn Fivush, Lisa J Berlin, Jessica McDermott Sales, Jean Mennuti-Washburn, Jude Cassidy (Memory, 200303)
functions-parent-child-reminiscing-emotionally-negative-events.asp