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Research Interests for David C Rubin

Research Interests: Cognition, Autobiographical Memory, Aging

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
  1. Cognitive Methods and their Application to Clinical Research, edited by Wenzel, A. & Rubin, D.C. (2005), Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Press (Amy Wenzel did her honors thesis with me. She is now a clinical psychologist and assistant professor.).
  2. Rubin, D.C., Schrauf, R.W., & Greenberg D.L., Belief and recollection of autobiographical memories, Memory & Cognition, vol. 31 (2003), pp. 887-901.
  3. Rubin, D.C., & Berntsen, D., Life Scripts Help to Maintain Autobiographical Memories of Highly Positive, but not Highly Negative Events, Memory & Cognition, vol. 31 (2003), pp. 1-14.
  4. Talarico, J.M. & Rubin, D.C., Confidence, not Consistency, Characterizes Flashbulb Memories, Psychological Science, vol. 14 (2003), pp. 455-461.
  5. Berntsen, D., Willert, M. & Rubin, D.C., Splintered Memories or Vivid Landmarks? Reliving and Coherence of Traumatic Memories in PTSD, Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 17 (2003), pp. 675-693.
  6. Rubin, D.C., Feldman, M.E., & Beckham, J.C., Reliving, Emotions, and Fragmentation in the Autobiographical Memories of Veterans Diagnosed with PTSD, Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 18 (2003), pp. 17-35.
  7. Talarico, J.M., LaBar K.S., & Rubin, D.C., Emotional intensity predicts autobiographical memory experience, Memory & Cogntion, vol. 32 (2004), pp. 1118-1132.
  8. Berntsen, D. & Rubin, D.C., Emotion and vantage point in autobiographical memory, Cognition and Emotion, vol. 20 (2006), pp. 1193-1215.
  9. Rubin, D.C., Schrauf, R.W., & Greenberg, D.L., Stability in autobiographical memories, Memory, vol. 12 (2004), pp. 712-721.