Source Monitoring Errors in Personal Memory
Confident memories can be completely wrong about where they came from.
Tobias Wrenfield
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Memory & Identity
7 stories in Memory & Identity.
Flashbulb Memory Accuracy and the Confidence Illusion
Vivid memories feel accurate, but research shows confidence and truth diverge sharply.
Tobias Wrenfield
Memory Specificity Training for Depression and Overgeneralization
A therapy that teaches depressed people to remember specific moments instead of blurred summaries.
Saoirse Ó Murchadha
Expressive Writing and Post-Traumatic Growth Evidence
Growth comes from cognitive processing during writing, not from emotional release alone.
Priya Nambiar
Redemptive Versus Contamination Narratives in Personal Writing
The stories we tell ourselves about hardship shape identity more than the hardship itself.
Saoirse Ó Murchadha
Narrative Identity Theory and Self-Continuity
The self emerges through the stories we tell about our lives, not the fixed traits we inherit.
DeShawn Lattimore
How Journaling Shapes the Stories People Tell About Themselves
Writing shapes identity by forcing raw thoughts into coherent stories about oneself.
Priya Nambiar