TY - BOOK ID - 80822509 TI - Understanding autobiographical memory AU - Berntsen, Dorthe AU - Rubin, David C PY - 2012 SN - 9781139021937 9781107007307 9780521189330 9781139568999 113956899X 1139572555 9781139572552 9781139570800 1139570803 1107007305 0521189330 1316089363 9781316089361 1139579371 9781139579377 1139021931 1107254248 9781107254244 1283637642 9781283637640 1139569899 9781139569897 PB - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Autobiographical memory KW - 159.95*1 KW - Memory KW - 159.95*1 Cognitieve psychologie KW - Cognitieve psychologie KW - Autobiographical memory. KW - Memory. KW - Retention (Psychology) KW - Intellect KW - Psychology KW - Thought and thinking KW - Comprehension KW - Executive functions (Neuropsychology) KW - Mnemonics KW - Perseveration (Psychology) KW - Reproduction (Psychology) KW - Health Sciences KW - Psychiatry & Psychology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80822509 AB - The field of autobiographical memory has made dramatic advances since the first collection of papers in the area was published in 1986. Now, over 25 years on, this book reviews and integrates the many theories, perspectives, and approaches that have evolved over the last decades. A truly eminent collection of editors and contributors appraise the basic neural systems of autobiographical memory; its underlying cognitive structures and retrieval processes; how it develops in infancy and childhood, and then breaks down in aging; its social and cultural aspects; and its relation to personality and the self. Autobiographical memory has demonstrated a strong ability to establish clear empirical generalizations, and has shown its practical relevance by deepening our understanding of several clinical disorders - as well as the induction of false memories in the legal system. It has also become an important topic for brain studies, and helped to enlarge our general understanding of the brain. ER -