Rubin & Schulkind (1997)

The distribution of autobiographical memories across the lifespan

Memory & Cognition, 25(6), 859-866

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Rubin, D. C., & Schulkind, M. D. (1997). The distribution of autobiographical memories across the lifespan. Memory & Cognition, 25(6), 859-866. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03211330

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Autobiographical Memory Representational Structures

Measured in humans

In the cue-word method, 70-year-olds showed childhood amnesia, a power-function retention curve for the most recent 10 years, and a reminiscence bump of extra memories from ages 10 to 30, holding for individuals and for both 124 and 921 cued memories