Three experiments examined reminiscence and hypermnesia in 5- and 6-year-olds' memory for an event across repeated interviews that occurred either immediately afterward (Experiment 1) or after a 6-month delay (Experiments 2 and 3). Reminiscence (recall of new information) was reliably obtained in all of the experiments, although the numbers of new items recalled were fewer after a delay than wh...

The authors have researched support system of the reminiscence and life review activity. This support system consists of an interactive tabletop display and interface system. On the reminiscence and life review activity, a therapist puts pictures on the table so as to trigger a talk. However some observers may perceive upside down images if they sit down opposite the therapist. To overcome this...

The metaphor of life-logging (personal e-memory) promises a complimentary assistance to the biological human memory. However life-log information, which is collected from raw context sensors data, is weakly coupled with real life events. Further forgetting, an inherent feature of human memory, is not supported in life-logs. To address these limitations of life-logs we propose two novel approach...

The authors have researched support system of the reminiscence and life review activity. This support system consists of an interactive tabletop display and interface system. On the reminiscence and life review activity, a therapist puts pictures on the table so as to trigger a talk. However some observers may perceive upside down images if they sit down opposite the therapist. To overcome this...

With the goal of designing applications for the social support of elderly we have followed a Participatory Design (PD) approach in the design of an application for supporting reminiscing activities. Four PD workshops were conducted to explore how reminiscence takes place and progressively co-design an application for its support. The demo allows the user to experiment our reminiscence applicati...