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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > reminiscence bump

Preferred term

reminiscence bump  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon characterized by an increased number of autobiographical memories of events experienced between the ages of 10 and 30 years, and usually observed in people over the age of 40.

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Synonym(s)

  • autobiographical memory bump
  • reminiscence bump effect

Scope note

  • The reminiscence bump has also been observed when remembering public events, films, books and music.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Steger, D., Wilhelm, O., & Schroeders, U. (2024). Public events knowledge in an age-heterogeneous sample: Reminiscence bump or bummer? Psychology and Aging, 39(1), 72–87. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000786

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Janssen, S. M. J. (2019). Introduction to the cognitive abilities account for the reminiscence bump in the temporal distribution of autobiographical memory. Psychological Reports, 003329411984322. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294119843221

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: free

  • • Koppel, J., & Berntsen, D. (2015). The peaks of life: The differential temporal locations of the reminiscence bump across disparate cueing methods. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4(1), 66–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.11.004

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Koppel, J., & Rubin, D. C. (2016). Recent advances in understanding the reminiscence bump: The importance of cues in guiding recall from autobiographical memory. Current directions in psychological science, 25(2), 135–140. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721416631955

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Munawar, K., Kuhn, S. K., & Haque, S. (2018). Understanding the reminiscence bump: A systematic review. PLOS ONE, 13(12), e0208595. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208595

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Rubin, D. C., Wetzler, S. E., & Nebes, R. D. (1986). Autobiographical memory across the adult lifespan. In D. C. Rubin (Ed.), Autobiographical memory (pp. 202-221). Cambridge University Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Silva, L. D. C., Eustache, F., & Quinette, P. (2025). Une redéfinition du pic de réminiscence à la lumière des scripts culturels, de la construction identitaire et des événements traumatiques. Revue de neuropsychologie, 17(2), 61–71. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2025.0817

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Wolf, T., & Zimprich, D. (2020). What characterizes the reminiscence bump in autobiographical memory? New answers to an old question. Memory & Cognition, 48(4), 607–622. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-019-00994-6

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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In other languages

  • pic de réminiscence

    French

  • bosse de réminiscence
  • effet du pic de réminiscence
  • pic de la mémoire autobiographique

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-V6NV3J15-0

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