Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

CON AMORE

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Center on Autobiographical Memory Research – CON AMORE – was founded in 2010 as a Centre of Excellence based on a grant from the Danish National Research Foundation. 
CON AMORE studies autobiographical memory, that is the ability to consciously remember the personal past.

Guest researchers 2026

  • 4 – 22 May PhD Student Şuheda Kurt, Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
  • 3 – 30 June 2026 Professor Rick Hoyle, Duke University (USA)
  • 5 June – 21 August 2026 Professor David C. Rubin, Duke University (USA)
  • 8 – 27 June 2026 Assistant Professor Worawach Tungjitcharoen, Thammasat University (Thailand)

Recent Publications

In press

 

Berntsen, D., Cardenas-Egúsquiza, A. L., Buzzo, M. C., Brinkmann, S., Hoyle, R. H., & Rubin, D. (in press). How autobiographical memory serves morality: Prevalence and properties of memories with moral content. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Cárdenas-Egúsquiza, A.L., Rubin, D.C., & Berntsen, D. (in press). Individual differences in the experience of autobiographical memories. In M. El Haj, S.M.J. Janssen, & M. Irish (Eds.), The Handbook of Autobiographical Memory: From Basic to Applied Perspectives (First Edition). Elsevier. 

Messina, A., Cárdenas-Egúsquiza, A.L. & Berntsen, D. (in press). Morality across time: Evidence for a moral asymmetry between episodic future thinking and autobiographical memory. Memory & Cognition

Rasmussen, K. W., & Berntsen, D. (in press). Nostalgia Films improves the Episodic Richness of the Life Story in Alzheimer’s Dementia, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Shan, Y., Berntsen, D., Allé, M. & Rubin, D. C.  (in press) Exploring changes in consciousness, cognition, and anxiety amidst social isolation: China's strict covid-19 measures as a case study. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice

Tungjitcharoen, W. & Berntsen, D (in press). How spirit mediums remember their life events: A field study in Phuket, Thailand. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice.

 

Published in 2026

 

Allé, M. C. & Berntsen, D. (2026). Autobiographical Memory Disturbances in Schizophrenia and the Psychosis Continuum: Integrating New Insights. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 35, 41-48

Cárdenas-Egúsquiza, A. L., Rubin, D. C., Hoyle, R. H., & Berntsen, D. (2026). How individual differences in autobiographical memory relate to morality. Personality and Individual Differences, 256, 113708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2026.113708

 Hoyle, R. H.  & Davisson, E. K. (2026). On holding specific beliefs, opinions, and assumptions with humility. I Advances in Experimental Social Psychology ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS INC. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2026.03.005

Kingo, O. S., Gaïni, L., Sonne, T., & Krøjgaard, P. (2026). Memory for complex dynamic events across two weeks in early infancy. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 264, 106438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106438

Matsumoto, N., Hallford, D. & Watson, L. A. (2026). Accessibility model of overgeneral autobiographical memory. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 196, Artikel 104921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104921

Revised 16.06.2026