AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FLUENCY - A METHOD FOR THE STUDY OF PERSONAL MEMORY

Citation
Bh. Dritschel et al., AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FLUENCY - A METHOD FOR THE STUDY OF PERSONAL MEMORY, Memory & cognition, 20(2), 1992, pp. 133-140
Citations number
23
Journal title
ISSN journal
0090502X
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1992
Pages
133 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-502X(1992)20:2<133:AF-AMF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Fifty-five subjects recalled autobiographical episodes or personal fac ts such as names of friends and teachers, from different lifetime peri ods. In each case, subjects were given 90 sec in which to retrieve as many items as possible. Also tested was subjects' fluency in generatin g items from semantic categories (animals, vegetables, British prime m inisters, and U.S. presidents). Results of cluster analysis on the flu ency tasks showed a dissociation between subjects' ability to retrieve personal episodes, personal semantic information, and nonpersonal sem antic information. The dissociations observed in the fluency tasks are interpreted in terms of the different retrieval strategies required f or the different types of information sought.