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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > reminiscence bump

Preferred term

reminiscence bump  

Definition(s)

  • Increased number of autobiographical memories of events experienced between the ages of 10 and 30 years, usually observed in people over the age of 40.

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Narrower concept(s)

Related concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • autobiographical memory bump
  • reminiscence bump effect

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Steger, D., Wilhelm, O., & Schroeders, U. (in press). Public events knowledge in an age-heterogeneous sample: Reminiscence bump or bummer? Psychology and Aging. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000786

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Janssen, S. M. J. (2019). Introduction to the cognitive abilities account for the reminiscence bump in the temporal distribution of autobiographical memory. Psychological Reports, 003329411984322. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294119843221

    [Study type: literature review / Access: free]
  • • Koppel, J., & Berntsen, D. (2015). The peaks of life: The differential temporal locations of the reminiscence bump across disparate cueing methods. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4(1), 66–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.11.004

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Koppel, J., & Rubin, D. C. (2016). Recent advances in understanding the reminiscence bump: The importance of cues in guiding recall from autobiographical memory. Current directions in psychological science, 25(2), 135–140. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721416631955

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Munawar, K., Kuhn, S. K., & Haque, S. (2018). Understanding the reminiscence bump: A systematic review. PLOS ONE, 13(12), e0208595. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208595

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Rubin, D. C., Wetzler, S. E., & Nebes, R. D. (1986). Autobiographical memory across the adult lifespan. In D. C. Rubin (Ed.), Autobiographical memory (pp. 202-221). Cambridge University Press.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Wolf, T., & Zimprich, D. (2020). What characterizes the reminiscence bump in autobiographical memory? New answers to an old question. Memory & Cognition, 48(4), 607–622. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-019-00994-6

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Has study method(s)

Dataset citation(s)

  • • Islam, Md. (2020): Valence and the reminiscence bump for private and public memories_dataset. Monash University. Dataset. doi:10.26180/13095281.v3
  • • Jakubowski, K. et al. (2020). A cross-sectional study of reminiscence bumps for music-related memories in adulthood [Data set]. SAGE Journals. doi:10.25384/SAGE.13139106
  • • Liao, H.-W. (2020, June 8). Reminiscence bump predicts life satisfaction. https://osf.io/69kzn/

Editorial note

  • The reminiscence bump has also been observed when remembering public events, films, books and music.

In other languages

  • pic de réminiscence

    French

  • bosse de réminiscence
  • effet du pic de réminiscence
  • pic de la mémoire autobiographique

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-V6NV3J15-0

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