Divided into three parts, this volume discusses: the development of autobiographical memory and self-understanding; cross-cultural variation in narrative enviro

Autobiographical memory shapes our understanding of ourselves, guides our behaviour, and helps us to develop and maintain relationships with others. The ways in

How we think of ourselves depends largely on what we remember from our lives, and what we remember is biased in many ways by how we think of ourselves. The comp

This book traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of the autobiographical self - the self that is made of memories of the personal pa

Our memories, many believe, make us who we are. But most of our experiences have been forgotten, and the memories that remain are often wildly inaccurate. How,