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Since the 1980s, psychologists have been thinking about memory in a more expansive manner by asking not so much what memory is, but what memory is for, what its functions are, and how the functions of memory influence the workings of the mind. The last decade has witnessed an explosion of research interest in self-relevant and
self-defining memories, autobiographical memories, and the life narrative. This volume takes a richer, more inclusive look at memory in the context of the self. Noted scholars from a broad range of sub-disciplines in psychology discuss the ways in which the memories of our lives come to influence who we are, our personalities,
and our emotional functioning. Other topics covered will include how our personalities and self-concepts influence what we remember from our lives and the notion of memory and the self as interdependent psychological phenomena. This volume will explore these issues and bridge the gaps across sub-disciplines to achieve a new synthesis of theory about memory and the self.

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Table of contents : Part 1: The Emergence of the Self and Memory. Denise R. Beike, James M. Lampinen, Douglas A. Behrend,
Evolving Conceptions of the Self and Memory. Jochen Barth, Daniel J. Povinelli, John G. H. Cant, Bodily Origins of Self. Mark L. Howe, Early Memory, Early Self, and the Emergence of Autobiographical Memory. Part 2: Narrative Conceptions of the Self and Memory. Robyn Fivush, The Silenced Self: Constructing Self from Memories Spoken and Unspoken. Dan P. McAdams, The Redemptive Self: Narrative Identity in America Today. Jefferson A. Singer, Pavel Blagov, The Integrative Function of Narrative Processing: Autobiographical Memory, Self-defining Memories and the Life Story of Identity. Part 3: The Self and Memory for Emotionally Valenced Information. Denise R. Beike, Erica E. Kleinknecht, Erin T. Wirth-Beaumont, How Emotional and Non-emotional Memories Define the Self. Constantine Sedikides, Jeffrey D. Green, Brad Pinter, Self-protective Memory. Part 4: The Self and Memory across Time. John J. Skowronski, W. Richard Walker, Andrew L. Betz, Who Was I When That Happened? The Timekeeping Self in Autobiographical Memory. Jessica J. Cameron, Anne E. Wilson, Michael Ross, Autobiographical Memory and Self-assessment. James M. Lampinen, Timothy N. Odegard, Juliana K. Leding, Diachronic Disunity. James M. Lampinen, Denise R. Beike, Douglas A. Behrend, The Self and Memory: It's About Time. Index.

Contributor Information :Jochen Barth, Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Denise R. Beike, University of Arkansas.
Douglas A. Behrend, University of Arkansas.
Andrew L. Betz, Progressive Insurane.
Pavel Blagov, Connecticut College.
Jessica J. Cameron, University of Waterloo.
John G.H. Cant, University of Puerto Rico Medical School.
Robyn Fivush, Emory University.
Jeffrey D. Green, Soka University.
Mark Howe, Lakehead University, Canada.
Erica Kleinknecht, University of Arkansas.
James M. Lampinen, University of Arkansas.
Juliana K. Leding, University of Arkansas.
Dan McAdams, Northwestern University.
Timothy Neal Odegard, University of Arkansas.
Brad Pinter, University of Washington.
Daniel Povinelli, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Michael Ross, University of Waterloo, Canada.
Constantine Sedikides, University of Southampton, UK.
Jefferson Singer, Connecticut College.
John Skowronski, Northern Illinois University.
W. Richard Walker, Winston-Salem State University.
Anne E. Wilson, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Erin Wirth-Beaumont, University of Arkansas.