The Power of Collective Memory | Scientific American Collective memory refers to how groups remember their past The Chinese remember the century of humiliation, while Americans remember 9 11 and subsequent events, and the people of many
The memory remains: Understanding collective memory in the . . . - Science We study the relation between recent events and past events and particularly focus on understanding memory-triggering patterns We devise a quantitative model that explains the flow of viewership from a current event to past events based on similarity in time, geography, topic, and the hyperlink structure of Wikipedia articles
Collective memory: between individual systems of consciousness and . . . Recent research on collective memory has identified four key issues pertaining to this multidisciplinary research topic: (1) collective memory refers to the memories of individuals either as members of a group or community (shared memory) or as participants in an interaction (collaborative memory); (2) collective memories are formed through
Collective Memory: How Do Memories of the Past Inform Our Future? Collective memory, or social memory, is how a group of people remember and forget the past Individuals and societies base self-understanding and decision-making on past experiences However, how accurately do we really remember? What do we choose to forget? What is the impact of false or incorrect memories?
Collective memory: a new arena of cognitive study Collective memory is often described as static knowledge about past (historical) events shared by a group of people By contrast, collective remembering describes a dynamic and continuous process driven by disputes about how the past should be represented and remembered
Collective memory: An hourglass between the collective and the . . . Collective memories are memories shared by a group that influence their social identity The goal of this paper is to focus on two major limitations in current studies on collective memory and show how the hourglass metaphor can overcome those limitations
Three facets of collective memory - PubMed One useful purpose of collective memory studies is to capture how different groups and societies remember their history and to discern their shared perspective on the world and how such perspectives differ among groups
The Shared Past That Wasn’t - Scientific American Although history has frequently been interpreted for political ends, psychologists are now investigating the fundamental processes by which collective memories form, to understand what makes them