Differences in autobiographical memories reported using text and voice during everyday life.

ABSTRACT: Autobiographical memories frequently occur during everyday life. One of the most common approaches to measuring memories in everyday life is a diary method: Participants record memories as they occur by writing down these memories in a paper diary or typing them on a smartphone. Conversely, many laboratory-based studies of autobiographical memory require participants to describe their memories out loud in a spoken manner. Here, we sought to directly compare memories recorded via typing to those spoken out loud in a smartphone diary study. Participants reported or, autobiographical memories that occurred over a period of four days either by typing (n = 43) or recording themselves orally describing memories (n = 39) using a smartphone app. Results indicated that the audio recor

SUBMITTER: Pearson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10085840 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature