A fundamental feature of human memory is the propensity for beneficial changes in information storage after initial encoding. Recent research findings favor the possibility that memory consolidation during sleep is instrumental for actively maintaining the storehouse of memories that individuals carry through their lives. The information that ultimately remains available for retrieval may tend ...

To bridge the related but separate areas of research on mind-wandering and Involuntary Autobiographical Memory (IAM), the frequency and temporal focus of task unrelated thoughts about past, present, and future was compared in 19 dysphoric and 21 non-dysphoric participants, using a modified laboratory method for studying IAMs. Participants were stopped 11 times during a 15-min vigilance task and...

Abstract: Relevant past events can be remembered when visualizing related pictures. The main difficulty is how to find these photos in a large personal collection. Query definition and image annotation are key issues to overcome this problem. The former is relevant due to the diversity of the clues provided by our memory when recovering a past moment and the later because images need to be anno...

Abstract This study investigated the time orientation of older adults in group conversations and its association with their memory functioning. We hypothesized that those a greater ability to memorize recently accessed information would talk about more recent topics natural conversations. To test this hypothesis, we used dictation data from adults’ categorized utterances terms which refer. Whil...

The ultimate objective of organ preservation is unrestricted and immediate graft function after a transplant under optimal conditions in the most suitable recipient. This means that time and efficacy are the basic features of the search for the ideal preservation method. Theoretically, freezing and continuous aerobic perfusion are the only means of obtaining truly long-term preservation (from a...

This research assessed the stability of peoples' memory for their past emotions over time and the role of changing appraisals in accounting for biases in emotion recall. Following Ross Perot's abrupt withdrawal from the presidential race in July 1992, supporters (N = 227) rated their initial emotional reactions and described their interpretations of the event. After the elections in November, s...

To bridge the related but separate areas of research on mind-wandering and Involuntary Autobiographical Memory (IAM), the frequency and temporal focus of task unrelated thoughts about past, present, and future was compared in 19 dysphoric and 21 non-dysphoric participants, using a modified laboratory method for studying IAMs. Participants were stopped 11 times during a 15-minute vigilance task ...