Autobiographical Memory Development

Autobiographical memory is the integration of memory skills and the ability to narrate. It helps in understanding our relation to self, family, culture, brain development and traumatic experiences.The volume discusses approaches to childhood memories and examines research on the development of autobiographical memory.

Sami Gülgöz is Professor of Psychology at Koç University in Istanbul. His current research focuses on memory in applied contexts and particularly on autobiographical memory in relation to social and individual characteristics. Basak Sahin-Acar is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Middle East Technical University. She is also affiliated with the interdisciplinary program of Gender and Women's Studies. Her research interests include autobiographical memory development within and across cultures, as well as the effects of self-construals and familial context on this development.

Chapter 1: The Emergence of Autobiographical Consciousness and the Construction of an Autobiographical Self by Robyn Fivush Chapter 2: Socialization of Early Autobiographical Memory by Catherine A. Haden and Pirko Tõugu Chapter 3: Brain Bases of Autobiographical Memory in Development by Patricia J. Bauer Chapter 4: Is the eye the mirror of the soul? Exploring autobiographical memory development by means of looking-time measures by Peter Krøjgaard, Trine Sonne and Osman S. Kingo Chapter 5: Narrative Methods in Autobiographical Memory by Azriel Grysman and Cade D. Mansfield Chapter 6: Developing a view of AMs and self-construal as socially, culturally and historically constructed: A Theoretical and Empirical Approach by Manuel L. De la Mata-Benitez, Andres Santamaria, Mercedes Cubero, Radka Antalikova, Tia Gitte Bondesen Hansen and Samuel Arias Chapter 7: Content and Consistency of Earliest Memories by Berivan Ece & Sami Gülgöz Chapter 8: Autobiographical Memory Development and Self-Construals Within and Across Cultures by Basak Sahin-Acar and Michelle D. Leichtman Chapter 9: Remembering Earliest Childhood Memories by Carole Peterson Chapter 10: How did you feel back then? Emotional Memory Conversations among Mother-Father-Child Triads by Elif Burumlu-Kisa and Basak Sahin-Acar Chapter 11: Adults' Memories of Childhood: The Beginning of the Life Story by Majse Lind, Susan Bluck and Hanna Åkerlund Chapter 12: The Development of Children's Autobiographical Memory for Learning Episodes by Michelle D. Leichtman, Rhyannon H. Bemis, Kaitlin A. Camilleri and David B. Pillemer Chapter 13: PTSD in Youth from a Developmental Perspective by Inge Lise Lundsgaard Kongshøj and Annette Bohn Chapter 14: Final Discussion and Looking Forward by Basak Sahin-Acar & Sami Gülgöz