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transition theory  

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  • A theory on how historical events shape memory. "[...] memory is organized by events that signal or cause marked changes in the ordinary circumstances of daily life; such events are called transitions". (Svob et al., 2016, p. 848).

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  • • Brown, N. R. (2016). Transition theory: A minimalist perspective on the organization of autobiographical memory. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 5(2), 128–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.03.005

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Brown, N. R. (2023). Autobiographical memory and the self: A transition theory perspective. WIREs Cognitive Science, 14(3), e1621. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1621

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  • • Brown, N., Schweickart, O., & Svob, C. (2016). The effect of collective transitions on the organization and contents of autobiographical memory : A transition-theory perspective. The American Journal of Psychology, 129. https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.129.3.0259

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Svob, C., Brown, N. R., Takšić, V., Katulić, K., & Žauhar, V. (2016). Intergenerational transmission of historical memories and social-distance attitudes in post-war second-generation Croatians. Memory & Cognition, 44(6), 846–855. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-016-0607-x

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

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  • Frank Arnould

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