News Release 7-Oct-2024 Autobiographical memory in the digital age: Our lives in the mirror of our data Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Würzburg ...

The study involved 14 people with aphantasia and 16 control subjects. The extent of aphantasia and the respective autobiographical memory were initially determined using questionnaires and interviews.

Memory deficits in aphantasics are not restricted to autobiographical memory–Perspectives from the Dual Coding Approach. Journal of Neuropsychology, 16 (2), 444-461.

Memory deficits in aphantasics are not restricted to autobiographical memory–Perspectives from the Dual Coding Approach. Journal of Neuropsychology, 16 (2), 444-461.

More information: Fabian Hutmacher et al, Understanding Autobiographical Memory in the Digital Age: The AMEDIA-Model, Psychological Inquiry (2024). DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2024.2384125 ...

Memories are constantly revised in acts of recollection. They are moulded by new information, beliefs and emotions, and other people’s versions of events.

For people with highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), or hyperthymesia, they can instead recall the most minute of details to an almost unbelievable degree of accuracy using their ...

For people with highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), or hyperthymesia, they can instead recall the most minute of details to an almost unbelievable degree of accuracy using their ...

The study results, which advance the understanding of autobiographical memory, have now been published online by the specialist journal "eLife".