Dorthe Berntsen
Center Director, Professor
Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences - CON AMORE
Bartholins Allé 9
building 1350, 427
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Phone: +4587165868
Mobile: +4593522778
Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences
Bartholins Allé 11
building 1350
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Mobile: +4593522778
Research areas
- Man and Cultures > Psychology > Psychology of memory Autobiographical memory, life story
- Man and Cultures > Psychology > Psychology of cognition
- Man and Cultures > Psychology > Psychology of crisis and trauma
Profile
My research deals with autobiographical memory (the ability to remember events from the personal past). I have particularly examined involuntary (spontaneously arising) autobiographical memories, which are memories that appear in the consciousness with no preceding attempts at retrieving them. I have pioneered the scientific study of this phenomenon in cognitive psychology, and examined them in relation to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression, as well as dementia where spontaneous memories of the early part of life can be intact and stimulated with relevant cues. Since 2010 I have headed Center on Autobiographical Memory Research (CON AMORE), where we study autobiographical memory from many different angles, including life span development from early childhood to old age,across various mental disorders, and across cultures.
The Autobiographical Recollection Test (ART): A measure of individual differences in autobiographical memory
Berntsen, D., Hoyle, R. H. & Rubin, D. C., 2019, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 8, 3, p. 305-318 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Long-term memory of past events in great apes
Lewis, A., Berntsen, D. & Call, J., 2019, In: Current Directions in Psychological Science. 28, 2, p. 117-123 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Retrieval intentionality and forgetting: How retention time and cue distinctiveness affect involuntary and voluntary retrieval of episodic memories
Staugaard, S. R. & Berntsen, D., Jul 2019, In: Memory & Cognition. 47, 5, p. 893-905 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Involuntary autobiographical memory and future thought predicting hallucination proneness
Allé, M. C., Berna, F. & Berntsen, D., 2018, In: Clinical Psychological Science. 6, 6, p. 891-898 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Psychological and Clinical Correlates of the Centrality of Event Scale: A systematic review
Gehrt, T. B., Berntsen, D., Hoyle, R. H. & Rubin, D., 2018, In: Clinical Psychology Review. 65, p. 57-80 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Review › Research › peer-review
A short cut to the past: Cueing via concrete objects improves autobiographical memory retrieval in Alzheimer's disease patients
Kirk, M. & Berntsen, D., 2018, In: Neuropsychologia. 110, p. 113-122 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Deficits in remembering the past and imagining the future in patients with prefrontal lesions
Rasmussen, K. & Berntsen, D., 2018, In: Journal of Neuropsychology. 12, 1, p. 78-100 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Spontaneous or intentional? Involuntary versus voluntary episodic memories in older and younger adults
Berntsen, D., Rasmussen, A. S., Miles, A., Nielsen, N. P. & Ramsgaard, S., 2017, In: Psychology and Aging. 32, p. 192-201 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Emotional Intensity and Emotion Regulation in Response to Autobiographical Memories During Dysphoria
del Palacio Gonzalez, A., Berntsen, D. & Watson, L. A., 2017, In: Cognitive Therapy and Research. 41, 4, p. 530-542 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Non-goal directed recall of specific events in apes after long delays
Lewis, A., Call, J. & Berntsen, D., 2017, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 1858, 20170518.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Life script events and autobiographical memories of important life story events in Mexico, Greenland, China, and Denmark
Zaragoza Scherman, A., Salgado, S., Shao, Z. & Berntsen, D., 2017, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 6, p. 60-73 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Published
The frequency of involuntary autobiographical memories and future thoughts in relation to daydreaming, emotional distress, and age
Berntsen, D., Rubin, D. & Salgado, S., Nov 2015, In: Consciousness and Cognition. 36, p. 352-372 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
To mention or not to mention? The inclusion of self-reported most traumatic and most positive memories in the life story
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Spontaneous memories in 35- and 46-month-old children: How important is the experimenter as a cue at the time of retrieval?
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Talk med titlen "Children’s Earliest Memories: Could Spontaneous Retrieval be a Shortcut?" præsenteret ved symposium ved SRCD konferencen
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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