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Theoretical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory pp 135–150Cite as

Autobiographical Remembering: An Integrative Approach

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Many theories of autobiographical memory have relied on a specific combination of retrieval conditions: initial retrieval is intentional; the tests are direct; and, there is an awareness of the source of the information. In this paper, we discuss how these conditions restrict the application of theories, utilizing concepts that are currently in debate within more traditional fields of memory research. We provide examples of autobiographical memory retrieval in a naturalisitc setting and discuss how current theories cannot be generalised to these spontaneous conditions of retrieval.

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  1. MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, England

    D. A. Bekerian & B. H. Dritschel

  2. East London Polytechnic, England

    B. H. Dritschel

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Lancaster, UK

    Martin A. Conway

  2. Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    David C. Rubin

  3. First Neurological Department, University of Milan, Italy

    Hans Spinnler

  4. Faculty of Social Sciences, Unit of Experimental and Theoretical Psychology, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Willem A. Wagenaar

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Bekerian, D.A., Dritschel, B.H. (1992). Autobiographical Remembering: An Integrative Approach. In: Conway, M.A., Rubin, D.C., Spinnler, H., Wagenaar, W.A. (eds) Theoretical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory. NATO ASI Series, vol 65. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7967-4_8

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