Memories for events, including autobiographical
experiences, can be retrieved from an own eyes perspective, how events
are typically formed, or from an observer-like perspective in which one
see’s oneself in the memory. Adopting an observer-like perspective has
long been thought to reflect the transformation of memories overtime.
Consistent with that idea, remote memories are associated with a
greater frequency of observer perspectives in memories, whereas recent
memories are associated with more frequent own eyes perspectives.
Additionally, visual perspective is related to the phenomenology and
content of memory retrieval. However, visual perspective is not merely
epiphenomenon of these changes in memories overtime but can also lead
to mnemonic changes when people actively shift to novel viewpoints
during memory retrieval. In this talk, I will present behavioural and
functional neuroimaging data that demonstrate how visual perspective
during retrieval shapes memories during immediate and subsequent
retrieval. I will end the talk by examining the role of individual
differences in adopting multiple visual perspectives in memories and by
discusing whether memories can also be formed from multiple visual
perspectives.
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