The Dynamics of Autobiographical Memory
Using the LIM | Life-line Interview Method
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Beschreibung
Does autobiographical memory change through the lifespan? Which events do
we remember and why? Do the memories that are important differ between
men and women, between younger and older people? These are just some of the
fundamental questions examined in this state-of-the art book about the course of
autobiographical memory throughout life – a topic that is of increasing importance
as people are living ever longer.
Based upon a 5-year longitudinal research study using the LIM Life-line Interview
Method, in which young, middle-aged, and older men and women were interviewed
three times, this book provides a completely new perspective on the dynamics of
both retrospective and prospective memory. What is recalled, how it is evaluated,
and the relationships between gender, age, and memory over the course of life
are reported, as is the “bump effect” demonstrated using the LIM, with older
adults recalling a disproportionate number of events from adolescence and early
adulthood, thus contradicting classical views of life-long memory.
This volume also presents the first authorized version of Schroots’ LIM Life-line
Interview Method, which asks people to draw their life-line and tell their own lifestory
for both past and future. Results obtained using the LIM should be interpreted,
qualitatively and quantitatively, in the light of the longitudinal data presented here.
A CD includes detailed tabular material.
Dynamics of Autobiographical Memory is a “must” for faculty, graduate students,
and professionals engaged in the study of development and aging, and in the
construction and interpretation of individual life histories and expectations for
the future.
Autor*in
Marian Assink
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