Life scripts for emotionally charged autobiographical memories: A cultural explanation of the reminiscence bump

Two studies examined the ability of the life script account to explain the reminiscence bump for emotionally charged autobiographical memories among Malaysian participants. In Study 1 volunteers, aged 50-90 years, participated in a two-phased task. In the first phase, participants estimated the timi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haque, S., Hasking, Penelope
Format: Journal Article
Published: Psychology Press 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41945