The making (and breaking) of memory

Can you trust your memories? Ever wondered if your earliest recollections really happened the way you remember them? Professor Amanda Barnier helps us explore the strengths and challenges of memory: how it works and how others can help us to remember better. Plus, Professor Kate Darien-Smith helps uncover how historians shape memories on everyone’s behalf.

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• Personal and intergenerational narratives in relation to adolescents' well-being Robin Fivush, Jennifer G Bohanek and Widaad Zaman
• Features of Successful and Unsuccessful Collaborative Memory Conversations in Long-Married Couples Celia B Harris, Amanda J Barnier, John Sutton and Greg Savage