Ordering autobiographical experiences

This study examined individuals' memory for the temporal order of autobiographical events and for the components that constitute autobiographical events. Study 1 measured performance on an across-event ordering task that involved the chronological arrangement of cards that displayed event label...

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Published inMemory (Hove) Vol. 8; no. 5; pp. 323 - 332
Main Authors Burt, Christopher D.B., Kemp, Simon, Grady, Jonathan M., Conway, Martin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2000
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Chronology as Topic
Cues
Female
Humans
Male
Memory - physiology
Middle Aged
Photography
Regression Analysis
Statistics, Nonparametric
Time Factors
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Summary:This study examined individuals' memory for the temporal order of autobiographical events and for the components that constitute autobiographical events. Study 1 measured performance on an across-event ordering task that involved the chronological arrangement of cards that displayed event labels. Results indicated poor ordering ability across events, but a reasonable ability to order clusters of events. Study 2 compared within-event and across-event ordering using computer-presented digital photographs. Participants were better at ordering the photographs in their own across-event trials than in their within-event trials. The results are discussed in terms of the retrieval of temporal information under within- and across-event conditions.
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ISSN:0965-8211
1464-0686
DOI:10.1080/09658210050117744