Citation

Bruce D, Van Pelt M. Appl. Cogn. Psychol. 1989; 3(2): 137-156.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/acp.2350030205

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

One person's memories of a 47-day bicycle tour of Scandinavia were tested 3-4 months later. The tests assessed frequency, spatial, and temporal knowledge of events. Results indicated that frequency judgements were based on some combination of counts of discrete event memories and a general impression of the tour. Episodic memories showed clear variation as a function of where events had occurred, and judged and actual locations of episodes were strongly related. In fact, knowledge of the week in which something had happened appeared to hinge on where in a sequence of locations it was thought to have taken place. The apparent dependence of temporal judgements on spatial information is consistent with other findings in the literature indicating that temporal memories about past events are derived from a variety of other associated information, much of which is temporally referenced.

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