Volume 12, Number 6, 433-443, DOI: 10.1007/s00779-007-0177-9Open Access

Informing augmented memory system design through autobiographical memory theory

Elise van den Hoven and Berry Eggen

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Abstract

Autobiographical memory (AM) is the “memory for the events in one’s life” [1]. Often it is assumed that in order to remember all those events, you just need to record everything and when you replay these recordings you will remember those events. You can compare this with a library metaphor that has been used to explain AM according to the record-keeping approach. However, after many years of AM-research it was concluded that AM is stored in a different manner, namely according to the constructionist approach, which often is initiated by memory cues. This paper explains these AM theories, surveys literature on existing augmented memory systems and describes our own work in this area. All this input is combined into eight design recommendations for future augmented memory systems.

Keywords  Autobiographical memory - Recollecting memories - Interactive system design - Augmented memory systems

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