Abstract
Memory for time is often imperfect. We investigated indicators of dating accuracy for recent and remote personal events. In Study 1, 78 participants dated approximately 20 events from the past three to eleven weeks, and in Study 2, 40 participants dated approximately 25 events three to five years old. For date verification, events were obtained from participants’ partners, who kept a diary (Study 1) or retrieved events from personal records (Study 2). In both studies, we found that confidence, dating strategy indicating known dates, and a direct
connection with temporal landmarks were associated with higher dating accuracy. High importance, direct experience, and events embedded within extended periods indicated higher dating accuracy for recent events; high vividness was associated with higher dating accuracy for remote events. Our results suggest that confidence, dating strategy, and phenomenological
characteristics can provide useful indication of dating accuracy
connection with temporal landmarks were associated with higher dating accuracy. High importance, direct experience, and events embedded within extended periods indicated higher dating accuracy for recent events; high vividness was associated with higher dating accuracy for remote events. Our results suggest that confidence, dating strategy, and phenomenological
characteristics can provide useful indication of dating accuracy
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 290-304 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 8 Sept 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2023 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank Gabriela Jiskrová, Albert Kšiňan and Josef Kundrát
for their help with data collection, Vojtěch Zajíček for his help with inter-rater coding, and all participants and their proxies who took part in this research for their time.
Data Availability Statement
All data will be made publicly available at the Open Science Frameworkupon publication and can be accessed at https://osf.io/u594x/.
Keywords
- autobiographical memory
- dating accuracy
- temporal schema
- temporal landmark
- confidence-accuracy
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