When the "I" looks at the "Me": Autobiographical memory, visual perspective, and the self

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1386-1397

  Sutin, Angelina R ^a   Robins, Richard W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Autobiographical memory; Episodic memory; Field perspective; Observer perspective; Phenomenology; Self; Self enhancement; Self verification; Visual perspective

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION;

CULTURE; EGO; EMOTIONS; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRESSION; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 55749114758     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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