TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cultural variability of component processes in autobiographical remembering
T2 - Japan, Turkey, and the USA
AU - Rubin, David C.
AU - Schrauf, Robert W.
AU - Gulgoz, Sami
AU - Naka, Makiko
N1 - Funding Information:
Address correspondence to: David C. Rubin, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708-0086, USA. E-mail: david.rubin@duke.edu Support was provided by National Institute of Aging grants RO1 AG16340 and R01 AG023123 and National Institute of Mental Health Grant R01 MH066079. We wish to thank Ali Tekcan for comments on the paper.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Although the underlying mechanics of autobiographical memory may be identical across cultures, the processing of information differs. Undergraduates from Japan, Turkey, and the USA rated 30 autobiographical memories on 15 phenomenological and cognitive properties. Mean values were similar across cultures, with means from the Japanese sample being lower on most measures but higher on belief in the accuracy of their memories. Correlations within individuals were also similar across cultures, with correlations from the Turkish sample being higher between measures of language and measures of recollection and belief. For all three cultures, in multiple regression analyses, measures of recollection were predicted by visual imagery, auditory imagery, and emotions, whereas measures of belief were predicted by knowledge of the setting. These results show subtle cultural differences in the experience of remembering.
AB - Although the underlying mechanics of autobiographical memory may be identical across cultures, the processing of information differs. Undergraduates from Japan, Turkey, and the USA rated 30 autobiographical memories on 15 phenomenological and cognitive properties. Mean values were similar across cultures, with means from the Japanese sample being lower on most measures but higher on belief in the accuracy of their memories. Correlations within individuals were also similar across cultures, with correlations from the Turkish sample being higher between measures of language and measures of recollection and belief. For all three cultures, in multiple regression analyses, measures of recollection were predicted by visual imagery, auditory imagery, and emotions, whereas measures of belief were predicted by knowledge of the setting. These results show subtle cultural differences in the experience of remembering.
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U2 - 10.1080/09658210701332679
DO - 10.1080/09658210701332679
M3 - Article
C2 - 17613796
AN - SCOPUS:34447506112
SN - 0965-8211
VL - 15
SP - 536
EP - 547
JO - Memory
JF - Memory
IS - 5
ER -