{"674744":{"#nid":"674744","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Building Your Life Story, One Memory at a Time","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/hsiao-wen-liao\u0022\u003EHsiao-Wen Liao\u003C\/a\u003E and colleagues (2021) decided to investigate the adaptive functions of the \u201creminiscence bump\u201d. The \u201cbump\u201d in this term refers to the finding that the memories older adults have of their early adult years are the clearest of all of those they have in their entire lives, including the recent past. It\u2019s possible, they argue, that there is value in massaging those events from your early adulthood as you think about your current life. Specifically, the more you feel that the events in your \u201cbump\u201d were ones you could control, the more likely it is that thinking about them brings you satisfaction.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/hsiao-wen-liao\u0022\u003EHsiao-Wen Liao\u003C\/a\u003E and colleagues (2021) decided to investigate the adaptive functions of the \u201creminiscence bump\u201d. The \u201cbump\u201d in this term refers to the finding that the memories older adults have of their early adult years are the clearest of all of those they have in their entire lives, including the recent past. It\u2019s possible, they argue, that there is value in massaging those events from your early adulthood as you think about your current life. Specifically, the more you feel that the events in your \u201cbump\u201d were ones you could control, the more likely it is that thinking about them brings you satisfaction.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-05-16 19:21:19","changed_gmt":"2024-05-17 13:32:20","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Psychology Today ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/intl\/blog\/fulfillment-at-any-age\/202404\/building-your-life-story-one-memory-at-a-time","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"193730","name":"reminiscence bump"},{"id":"177906","name":"autobiographical memory"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}