Ordering autobiographical experiences.
This study examined individuals' memory for the temporal order of autobiographical events and for the components that constitute autobiographical events. Study 1 measured performance on an across-event ordering task that involved the chronological arrangement of cards that displayed event labels. Results indicated poor ordering ability across events, but a reasonable ability to order clusters of events. Study 2 compared within-event and across-event ordering using computer-presented digital photographs. Participants were better at ordering the photographs in their own across-event trials than in their within-event trials. The results are discussed in terms of the retrieval of temporal information under within- and across-event conditions.
Burt
C D
CD
Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. c.burt@psyc.canterbury.ac.nz
Kemp
S
S
Grady
J M
JM
Conway
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002910:Chronology as Topic; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010781:Photography; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors