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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > living-in-history effect

Preferred term

living-in-history effect  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when people who have experienced historical changes (war, natural disasters, terrorism, etc.) tend to date their autobiographical memories according to autobiographical periods defined by these historical events.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Brown, N. R., & Lee, P. J. (2010). Public events and the organization of autobiographical memory: An overview of the living-in-history project. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 2(2), 133–149. https://doi.org/10.1080/19434471003597431

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Brown, N. R., Lee, P. J., Krslak, M., Conrad, F. G., G B Hansen, T., Havelka, J., & Reddon, J. R. (2009). Living in history: How war, terrorism, and natural disaster affect the organization of autobiographical memory. Psychological Science, 20(4), 399–405. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02307.x

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Islam, A., & Haque, S. (2022). Living-in-history effect in the dating of important autobiographical memories. Memory & Cognition, 50(4), 1078–1089. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-021-01250-6

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-NB0RRMWD-J

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