Autobiographical memory(AM)represents a vital facet of human cognition,encompassing personal experiences and specific life events.This review traces AM development from infancy through childhood,beginning with episodi...Autobiographical memory(AM)represents a vital facet of human cognition,encompassing personal experiences and specific life events.This review traces AM development from infancy through childhood,beginning with episodic autobiographical memories(EAM)as AM's building blocks,leading to the emergence of AM.Neuroimaging studies are included to review the neurodevelopment of EAM and AM,highlighting the involvement of the frontal cortex and temporal lobes in these processes.The review extensively discusses three major theoretical models:the Social Cultural Developmental Theory,the Model of Culturally Situated Autobiographical Memory Development,and the Bio-Psycho-Social Model.These models are examined to understand cross-cultural differences in AM specificity,particularly focusing on the influence of social interactions,self-goals,language,emotion knowledge,and maternal reminiscing styles.The review also selects empirical studies from the last four years(2020-2024)that provide further support and evidence for these models.These studies underscore the influence of cultural contexts on AM development and highlight cultural differences in positive and negative memory recall,maternal reminiscing styles,and their impact on children's AM development,emphasizing the complex interplay of neural,cognitive,social,and cultural factors in shaping autobiographical memory.展开更多
Two studies examined the question of whether photograph taking of an event influences the positivity of the evaluations of the event at a later point in time.Memories of photographed events yielded higher positivity r...Two studies examined the question of whether photograph taking of an event influences the positivity of the evaluations of the event at a later point in time.Memories of photographed events yielded higher positivity ratings than memories that were not photographed.Although we expected fading of positivity ratings to occur more slowly over a period of two months for memories of photographed events,we found faster affect fading for those memories in Study 2 instead.The findings of the two studies support the idea that taking photographs of events sustains the affective reconstruction of autobiographical memories,regardless of whether these events are special,such as vacation memories,or more mundane,such as memories of the past weekend.展开更多
文摘Autobiographical memory(AM)represents a vital facet of human cognition,encompassing personal experiences and specific life events.This review traces AM development from infancy through childhood,beginning with episodic autobiographical memories(EAM)as AM's building blocks,leading to the emergence of AM.Neuroimaging studies are included to review the neurodevelopment of EAM and AM,highlighting the involvement of the frontal cortex and temporal lobes in these processes.The review extensively discusses three major theoretical models:the Social Cultural Developmental Theory,the Model of Culturally Situated Autobiographical Memory Development,and the Bio-Psycho-Social Model.These models are examined to understand cross-cultural differences in AM specificity,particularly focusing on the influence of social interactions,self-goals,language,emotion knowledge,and maternal reminiscing styles.The review also selects empirical studies from the last four years(2020-2024)that provide further support and evidence for these models.These studies underscore the influence of cultural contexts on AM development and highlight cultural differences in positive and negative memory recall,maternal reminiscing styles,and their impact on children's AM development,emphasizing the complex interplay of neural,cognitive,social,and cultural factors in shaping autobiographical memory.
文摘Two studies examined the question of whether photograph taking of an event influences the positivity of the evaluations of the event at a later point in time.Memories of photographed events yielded higher positivity ratings than memories that were not photographed.Although we expected fading of positivity ratings to occur more slowly over a period of two months for memories of photographed events,we found faster affect fading for those memories in Study 2 instead.The findings of the two studies support the idea that taking photographs of events sustains the affective reconstruction of autobiographical memories,regardless of whether these events are special,such as vacation memories,or more mundane,such as memories of the past weekend.
