THE ACT OF REMEMBERING - TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE RECALL THE PAST

The first volume devoted solely to autobiographical memory retrieval, The Act of Remembering serves as a primer of ideas, methodology, and central topics, and lays the groundwork for future research in the field.
Contains new, forward-looking theories from leading international scholars
Answers questions such as: Do we retrieve memories according to when and where we need them? How much conscious control do we have over what we remember? Why are some people more likely than others to have intrusive 'flashbacks' following a stressful event?
Pays particular attention to voluntary and involuntary recall

John H. Mace is a cognitive psychologist who specializes in the study of memory. He is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Eastern Illinois University, and author of Involuntary Memory (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).

Preface.
Contributors.
Part I: Introduction.
1. The act of remembering the past: An overview (John H. Mace, Eastern Illinois University).
2. From diaries to brain scans: Methodological developments in the investigation of autobiographical memory (Christopher Ball, College of William & Mary).
Part II: Theories and Reviews of Involuntary and Voluntary Remembering.
3. Involuntary remembering and voluntary remembering: How different are they? (John H. Mace, Eastern Illinois University).
4. Accessing autobiographical memories (Martin Conway, University of Leeds, and Catherine Loveday, University of Westminster).
5. Involuntary and voluntary memory sequencing phenomena: An interesting puzzle for the study of autobiographical memory organization and retrieval (Jennifer Talarico, Lafayette College, and John H. Mace, Eastern Illinois University).
6. Spontaneous retrieval is the norm: What integrative models tell us about human consciousness and memory (Stan Franklin, University of Memphis, and Bernard J. Baars, The Neurosciences Institute).
7. Priming, automatic recollection, and control of retrieval: Toward an integrative retrieval architecture (Alan Richardson-Klavehn, Otto von Guericke University).
Part III: Broader Issues in the Science of Remembering.
8. Understanding autobiographical remembering from a spreading activation perspective (John H. Mace, Eastern Illinois University)
9. Retrieval Inhibition in Autobiographical Memory (Bernhard Pastötter and Karl-Heinz Bäuml).
10. The role of visual perspective in autobiographical memory retrieval (Heather J. Rice, Washington University in St. Louis).
11. The emergence of recollection: How we learn to recall ourselves in the past (Robyn Fivush and Patricia J. Bauer, Emory University).
12. You get what you need: The psychosocial functions of remembering (Susan Bluck, University of Florida, Nicole Alea, University of the West Indies, and Burcu Demiray, University of Florida).
Part IV: Theories of Abnormal Remembering.
13. Exploring pathological recall in involuntary retrieval in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder from an information processing perspective: Intrusive images of trauma (Julie Krans, Radboud University, Marcella L. Woud, Radboud University, Gérard Näring, Radboud University, Eni S. Becker, Radboud University, and Emily A. Holmes, Warneford Hospital).
14. Unwanted traumatic intrusions: The role of pre-trauma individual differences in executive control (Johan Verwoerd and Ineke Wessel, University of Groningen).
15. The content, nature and persistence of intrusive memories in depression (Alishia D. Williams and Michelle L. Moulds, University of New South Wales).