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David C Rubin, Professor
Research Summary:
My main research interest has been in long-term memory, especially for complex (or "real-world") stimuli. This work includes the study of autobiographical memory and oral traditions, as well as prose. I have also studied memory as it is more commonly done in experimental psychology laboratories using lists. In addition to this purely behavioral research, which I plan to continue, I work on memory in clinical populations with the aid of a National Institute of Mental Health grant to study PTSD and on the underlying neural basis of memory the aid of a National Institute of Aging grant to study autobiographical memory using fMRI. Representative Publications:
(More Publications)
- (2005).
Cognitive Methods and their Application to Clinical Research.. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Press.
(Amy Wenzel did her honors thesis with me.
She is now a clinical psychologist and
assistant professor.)
- Rubin, D.C., Schrauf, R.W., & Greenberg D.L. (2003). Belief and recollection of autobiographical memories. Memory & Cognition, 31, 887-901.
- Rubin, D.C., & Berntsen, D. (2003). Life Scripts Help to Maintain Autobiographical Memories of Highly Positive, but not Highly Negative Events. Memory & Cognition, 31, 1-14.
- Talarico, J.M. & Rubin, D.C. (2003). Confidence, not Consistency, Characterizes Flashbulb Memories. Psychological Science, 14, 455-461.
- Berntsen, D., Willert, M. & Rubin, D.C. (2003). Splintered Memories or Vivid Landmarks? Reliving and Coherence of Traumatic Memories in PTSD. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 675-693.
- Rubin, D.C., Feldman, M.E., & Beckham, J.C. (2003). Reliving, Emotions, and Fragmentation in the Autobiographical Memories of Veterans Diagnosed with PTSD. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 17-35.
- Talarico, J.M., LaBar K.S., & Rubin, D.C. (2004). Emotional intensity predicts autobiographical memory experience. Memory & Cogntion, 32, 1118-1132.
- Berntsen, D. & Rubin, D.C. (2006).
Emotion and vantage point in autobiographical memory. Cognition and Emotion, 20, 1193-1215.
- Rubin, D.C., Schrauf, R.W., & Greenberg, D.L. (2004). Stability in autobiographical memories. Memory, 12, 712-721.
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