ArticleMemory (Hove, England)2021
Sense of purpose in life, cognitive function, and the phenomenology of autobiographical memory.
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- Sense of purpose fluctuations in daily life: A study of young adults and cognitively diverse older adults.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Investigating effects of divided attention at test on memory accessibility and precision in a continuous report paradigm.Memory & cognition · 2026Article
- Beneficial effects of a reminiscence intervention ('Remember-ME') on cognitive and psychological dimensions: a pilot study on community-dwelling older adults.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- The Subjective Experience of Autobiographical Remembering: Conceptual and Methodological Advances and Challenges.Journal of Intelligence · 2024Review
- Five-Factor Model Personality Domains and Facets Associated with Markers of Cognitive Health.Journal of individual differences · 2023Article
- Narrative-based autobiographical memory interventions for PTSD: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Purpose and meaning in life and the trajectory of episodic memory in eight longitudinal samples.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reportsArticle
- Coping Styles as Mediators Between Purpose in Life and Cognitive Function: A Longitudinal Study.Research on agingArticle
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There are individual differences in the phenomenological re-experiencing of autobiographical memories. We examine whether sense of purpose in life and cognitive function are associated with the phenomenology of a recent memory related to the coronavirus pandemic. Participants reported on their sense purpose and completed tasks that measured processing speed and visuospatial ability before the pandemic in January-February 2020 and subsequently retrieved and rated a memory related to the pandemic in July 2020 (
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