The Dynamics of Autobiographical Memory Using the LIM/Lifeline Interview Method

by Marian Assink, Johannes J. F. Schroots

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780889373709
Publisher:	Hogrefe Publishing
Publication date:	05/01/2010
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword by James E. Birren
Acknowledgments
1 General Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Autobiographical memory
1.4 Method
2 Number of Events
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Method
2.3 Results
2.4 Discussion
3 Affect of Events
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Method
3.3 Results
3.4 Discussion
4 Content of Events
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Method
4.3 Results
4.4 Discussion
5 Dynamics
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Method
5.3 Results
5.4 Discussion
6 General Discussion
6.1 Methodological issues
6.2 Autobiographical memory effects
6.3 Autobiographical memory over the lifespan
6.4 Future studies
7 Summary and Conclusion
7.1 Summary
7.2 Conclusion
References
Supplement
LIM | Life-line Interview Method Manual by Johannes J.F. Schroots
Enclosed CD
Appendix: Figures and Tables