TY - JOUR
T1 - Stability in autobiographical memories
AU - Rubin, David C.
AU - Schrauf, Robert W.
AU - Greenberg, Daniel L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Correspondence should be addressed to David C. Rubin, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Duke University, Box 90086, Durham NC 27707-0086, USA. Email: [email protected] We wish to thank NIA grant RO1 AG16340 for support. This paper was written in part when DCR was a Visiting Professor at the Psychology Department, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - A total of 30 undergraduates recalled the same 20 autobiographical memories at two sessions separated by 2 weeks. At each session they dated their memories and rated them on 18 properties commonly studied in autobiographical memory experiments. Individuals showed moderate stability in their ratings on the 18 scales (r ∼ .5), with consistency of dating being much higher (r =.96). There was more stability in the individuals' average rating on each scale (r ∼ .8), even when the averages were calculated on different memories in the different sessions. The results are consistent with a constructive view of autobiographical memory, in which stable individual differences in cognitive style are important.
AB - A total of 30 undergraduates recalled the same 20 autobiographical memories at two sessions separated by 2 weeks. At each session they dated their memories and rated them on 18 properties commonly studied in autobiographical memory experiments. Individuals showed moderate stability in their ratings on the 18 scales (r ∼ .5), with consistency of dating being much higher (r =.96). There was more stability in the individuals' average rating on each scale (r ∼ .8), even when the averages were calculated on different memories in the different sessions. The results are consistent with a constructive view of autobiographical memory, in which stable individual differences in cognitive style are important.
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U2 - 10.1080/09658210344000512
DO - 10.1080/09658210344000512
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15724360
AN - SCOPUS:10044281615
SN - 0965-8211
VL - 12
SP - 715
EP - 721
JO - Memory
JF - Memory
IS - 6
ER -