2012

Seminars 2012

  • 10th January 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Celia Harris Functions of autobiographical memory across the lifespan
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1483-533 at 12.00.
  • 24th January 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Practice - 3 short presentations
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1483-533 at 12.00.
  • 7th February 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Dorthe Berntsen, Peter Krøjgaard, Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Lynn Watson How to review a manuscript Nobelparken, meeting room 1481-239 at 12.15.
  • 10th February 2012
    AGHOK meeting
    Associate professor Alexander Koch, Aarhus University Self-regulation, Goal Setting, and Psychological Accounting
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1483-533 at 12.30-14.30.
  • 14th February 2012
    PhD course headed by Dorthe Berntsen, Lynn Ann Watson og Maja O'Connor
    Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1483-533 at 13.00-15.00
  • 21st February 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Dorthe Berntsen Involuntary episodic memories: Ways of applying a new experimental paradigm Nobelparken, meeting room 1481-239 at 12.00.
  • 27th February 2012
    AGHOK meeting
    Executive Director of Center on Interdisciplinary Memory Research, Dr. Christian Gudehus, Flensburg University The past does indeed shape present and future (behavior) - About the connection of Theories of Action with Memory Theories
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1483-533 at 14.00-16.00.
  • 1st-2nd March 2012
    CON AMORE retreat, Middelfart
  • 13th March 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Peter Krøjgaard Adults' earliest memories as a function of age, gender, and education: Women and people with higher education have earlier childhood memories
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1481-239 at 12.00.
  • 13th March 2012
    PhD course headed by Dorthe Berntsen, Lynn Ann Watson og Maja O'Connor
    Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1483-533 at 13.00-15.00
  • 27th March 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Mette Hjortshøj Sørensen Speaker Recognition: Perception and recognition of voices.
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1483-533 at 12.00.
  • 30th March 2012
    AGHOK meeting
    Associate professor Mimi Mehlsen, Aarhus University Use of cognitive comparison strategies in younger and older adults
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1483-533 at 12.30-14.30.
  • 17th April 2012
    PhD course headed by Dorthe Berntsen, Lynn Ann Watson og Maja O'Connor
    Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory'
    Campus, meeting room 1350-418 at 13.00-15.00
  • 24th April 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Jonathan Koppel The Role of the Cultural Life Script in Shaping Memory for Fictional Life Stories
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.00.
  • 27th April 2012
    AGHOK meeting
    Associate professor Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus University Political Cognition as Social Cognition
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.30-14.30.
  • 8th May 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Alejandra Zaragoza Scherman The cultural life script and personal life stories: A Mexican sample
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.00.
  • 15th May 2012
    PhD course headed by Dorthe Berntsen, Lynn Ann Watson og Maja O'Connor
    Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory
    Nobelparken, meeting room 1483-533 at 13.00-15.00
  • 22nd May 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Cecilia Brynskov Language in Danish Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15.
  • 6th June 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Connie Svob From Autobiographical to Biographical Memory: Remembering a Parent's Life
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15.
  • 11th-12th June 2012
    Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory - International conference hosted by CON AMORE. Conference venue: AULA, from approx. 8.30am-4.30pm both days.
  • 19th June 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Adriel Boals Coping with trauma: The importance of memory and narrative
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.00.
  • 2nd-27th July 2012
    AU summer university
    Alejandra Zaragoza Scherman Cross-cultural Studies in Memory and Autobiographical Memory
  • 10th August 2012
    AGHOK meeting
    Professor David Pillemer, University of New Hampshire, USA How Memories of Success and Failure Help Us Achieve Life Goals
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.30-14.30
  • 14th August 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Anne S. Rasmussen Functions and characteristics of involuntary and voluntary memories
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15
  • 21st August 2012
    CON AMORE Reading Club.
    Coordinator: Amanda Miles
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15

  • 28th August 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Osman Skjold Kingo Warm up questions and earliest memories
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15
  • 4th September 2012
    CON AMORE employee meeting
    meeting room 1350-416 12.15-12.45
  • 11th September 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Søren Staugaard A paradigm to measure direct retrieval indirectly
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15
  • 18th September
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    On the occasion of the conferral of his honorary doctorate from Aarhus University, David C. Rubin will give at talk at this MEAL meeting.
    Event Memory vs Knowledge. The Dichotomy Underlying Episodic and Semantic Memory
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15
  • 20th September 2012
    AGHOK meeting
    Associate professor Ineke Wessel, University of Groningen (NL) What determines whether intrusive memories of trauma persist?
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.30-14.30
  • 25th September 2012
    CON AMORE Reading Club.
    Coordinator: Amanda Miles
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15
  • 9th October 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Jonathan Koppel A comparison of the reminiscence bump for private vs. public events
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15
  • 12th October 2012
    AGHOK meeting
    Professor Bill Hirst, New School for Social Research, NY (USA) 
    Conversational Remembering: How Social Interactions Shape Memories
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.30-14.30
  • 23rd October 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Bill Hirst Memories for 9/11
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15

  • 23rd October 2012
    PhD course headed by Annette Bohn and Jonathan Koppel
    Everything you always wanted to know about conference participation but were afraid to ask!
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 13.15-15.00

  • 30th October 2012
    CON AMORE Reading Club.
    Coordinator: Amanda Miles
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15

    6th November 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Christina Ottsen Autobiographical memory and advertising
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15

  • 20th November 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Katrine Rasmussen Focal retrograde amnesia?  - Findings from a case study
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15
  • 20th November 2012
    PhD course headed by Annette Bohn and Jonathan Koppel
    Everything you always wanted to know about conference participation but were afraid to ask!
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 13.15-15.00
  • 30th November 2012
    AGHOK meeting
    Post doc Hjalti Jónsson, Aarhus Universitet
    Problems thinking out of the box? Neuropsychological set shifting and perceived Cognitive Flexibility in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder relative to other anxiety disorders and healthy control.
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.30-14.30
  • 4th December 2012
    Meal - Memory and Lunch. CON AMORE's internal lunch meeting.
    Linda Mortensen Concreteness Effects in Bilingual Memory Recall
    Campus, meeting room 1350-416 at 12.15

News 2012

12th November 2012
We have now opened for registration for the conference Social Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory - Memories and Imagination! Read more HERE

18th October 2012
First call for papers for our 2032 conference has been sent out! Read more HERE

27th September 2012
The book Understanding Autobiographical Memory - Theories and Approaches, edited by Dorthe Berntsen and David C. Rubin is now published and can be purchased HERE

17th September 2012
Professor David C. Rubin (Duke University) was September 14 appointed honorary doctor at Aarhus University.

23rd August 2012
At the annual celebration on the 14th September, Aarhus University will confer an honorary doctorate to associated international fellow at CON AMORE, professor David C. Rubin from Duke University (USA).

8th August 2012
A summary of the conclusions from the Afghanistan project is available in English here (article on PsychologicalScience.org), or in Danish here (article on AU.dk)

7th August 2012
The book Understanding Autobiographical Memory - Theories and Approaches, edited by Dorthe Berntsen and David C. Rubin is published medio September at Cambridge University Press. The book contains contributions from the 15 keynote speakere who participated in CON AMORE's opening conference in June 2010. See the cover HERE

3rd August 2012
Professor David Pillemer from University of New Hampshire (USA) is visiting the center from the 5th to the 14th August. Among the activities, professor Pillemer will give a lecture entitled How Memories of Success and Failure Help Us Achieve Life Goals (see the agenda)Professor Pillemer is Dr. Samuel E. Paul Professor of Developmental Psychology Senior Fellow at the University of New Hampshire.

7th June 2012
An overview of which buses to take from downtown Aarhus to the conference venue is now available HERE

7th June 2012
The overview of the poster sessions at the conference is now available HERE

9th May 2012
The keynote presentations for the conference are now available HERE

8th May 2012
The preliminary program for the conference 11th-12th June is now available HERE

27th March 2012
As of 13th April, we are moving to a new location on the University Campus, together with the rest of the department. Our new address is:
Center On Autobiographical Memoy Research
Psykologisk Institut (Department of Psychology)
Bartholins Allé 9, 
8000 Århus C.
Our e-mail addresses will still work, but please bear with us for some days, until we are up and running again :)

1st February 2012
Gema Martin-Ordas has been employed as postdoc as per 1st February 2012. Gema Martin-Ordas is coming from a position at the University of Ottawa (Canada), School of Social Sciences.

27th January 2012
Annette Bohn is employed as associate professor in autobiographical memory research as per 1st February 2012.

Visiting Researchers 2012

28th May - 15th June
Dr. Connie Svob, University of Alberta (Canada)

Juni-august
Professor David Rubin, Duke University, NC (USA)

10th - 21st June
Assistant professor Adriel Boals, University of North Texas (USA)

5th - 14th August
Professor David Pillemer, University of New Hampshire (USA)

17th - 21st September
Dr. Ineke Wessel, University of Groningen (Netherlands)

1st October - 31st October
Professor William Hirst, New School for Social Research, New York (USA)