A Sampler of Autobiographical Memory Research: Contexts, Descriptions, Linkages, and Implications

This article introduces the special issue on autobiographical memory for Psychological Reports. In this introduction, we attempt to provide a context for autobiographical memory area by highlighting the diversity in the areas of scholarship that contribute to the area. We describe our perceptions of the contributions made by the various articles and reflect on how the scholarship presented in the article links to the scholarship presented in the other articles. We also use the scholarship presented in the articles to generate some additional ideas and directions that could be pursued in future theory and research.