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Preferred term

self-memory system  

Definition

  • A model describing how the working self interacts with the autobiographical knowledge base for the construction m autobiographical memories, guided by goals, while maintaining self-coherence and some correspondence with lived experiences.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Conway's model
  • SMS model

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Conway, M. A. (2005). Memory and the self. Journal of Memory and Language, 53(4), 594‑628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2005.08.005

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Conway, M. A., Justice, L. V., & D’Argembeau, A. (2019). The Self-Memory System Revisited: Past, present, and future. In J. Mace (Ed.), The organization and structure of autobiographical memory (pp. 28–51). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198784845.003.0003

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Conway, M. A., & Pleydell-Pearce, C. W. (2000). The construction of autobiographical memories in the self-memory system. Psychological Review, 107(2), 261–288. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.107.2.261

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-C77ZWH5V-0

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