Presents an overview of memory in everyday contexts. This book gathers together research on some of the more neglected but revealing areas of memory, to provide a comprehensive overview of remembering in real life situations.

This book presents an authoritative overview of memory in everyday contexts. Written by an expert team of international authors, it gathers together research on some of the more neglected but revealing areas of memory, to provide a comprehensive overview of remembering in real life situations. Contributions from leading experts deal with a variety of important questions concerning everyday memory, from under-researched areas such as memory for odours, to more well known areas, like collective memory. Topics covered also include: beliefs about memory and the metaphors used to discuss memory; the relation between self-referent beliefs and actual memory performance; and the development of autobiographical memory. "Everyday Memory" summarises current knowledge and presents new interpretations and hypotheses to be explored by future research. It discusses aspects of human memory which are frequently ignored or dealt with only very briefly by ordinary textbooks and as a result will have a broad appeal for researchers and students.

Introduction. "By Svein Magnussen and Tore Helstrup"
Chapter 1. What do people believe about memory, and how do they talk about memory? "By Svein Magnussen, Tor Endestad, Asher Koriat and Tore Helstrup,"
Chapter 2. Visuo-spatial thinking, imagination, and remembering. "By Hubert Zimmer, Svein Magnussen, Mary Rudner and Jerker Ronnberg"
Chapter 3. Action events in everyday life and their remembering." By Hubert Zimmer, Tore Helstrup and Lars-Goran Nilsson"
Chapter 4. Underestimated sensations: Everyday odour memory in clinical and forensic settings." By Maria Larsson and Annika Melinder"
Chapter 5. The development of autobiographical memory. A new model." By Gail S. Goodman and Annika Melinder"
Chapter 6. Collaborative memory: How is our ability to remember affected by interaction with others?" By Jan Andersson, Tore Helstrup and Jerker Ronnberg"
Chapter 7. Memory illusions and false memories in the real world". By Gail Goodman, Svein Magnussen, Jan Andersson, Tor Endestad, Lene LA kken and Cathrine Mostue."
Chapter 8. Memory sensitivity in autobiographical memory." By Cesare Cornoldi Rossana De Beni and Tore Helstrup."
Chapter 9. Memory experts. Visual learning, wine tasting, orienteering and speech reading." By Rosanna De Beni, Cesare Cornoldi, Maria Larsson, Svein Magnussen and Jerker Ronnberg"
Chapter 10. Compensatory changes in everyday memory and communication: disabilities, abilities and social context. "By Jerker Ronnberg and Annika Melinder"
Chapter 11. Metacognitive aspects of memory," By Asher Koriat and Tore Helstrup."
Chapter 12. Self-referent beliefs about memory and actual performance: Relationships with age and sex. "By Lars-Goran Nilsson and Maria Larsson"
Chapter 13. Memory pathways: Involuntary and voluntary processes in retrieving personal memories." By Tore Helstrup, Rosanna De Beni, Cesare Cornoldi and Asher Koriat."