Martin A. Conway

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Martin Anthony Conway^[a] (18 August 1952 – 30 March 2022) was a British psychologist and psychoanalyst focusing on the study of autobiographical memory,^[3][4] as well as the interactions between human memory and the law.^[5] He served as head of the psychology department, City, University of London before his passing.

Professor Martin Conway
Born	Martin Anthony Conway 18 August 1952 Darlington Memorial Hospital
Died	30 March 2022(2022-03-30) (aged 69) Newcastle upon Tyne
Academic work
Institutions	City, University of London

Career

Conway is known for his pioneering research in the study of autobiographical memory,^[6][7] and has amassed over twelve thousand citations as listed on Scopus.^[2] Two of his publications that have had the largest impact on the field are "Memory and the Self"^[8] (2005) and "The Construction of Autobiographical Memories in the Self-Memory System"^[9] (2005).^[10]

Conway spoke at Monash University Malaysia in 2016.^[11]

According to Chris Moulin, Daniel Schacter listed Conway's top scientific outputs as:^[12] "Ten Things the Law and Others Should Know about Human Memory"^[5] (2012), "A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Autobiographical Memory: On the Universality and Cultural Variation of the Reminiscence Bump"^[13] (2005), "On the Very Long-Term Retention of Knowledge Acquired Through Formal Education: Twelve Years of Cognitive Psychology"^[14] (1991), "Neurophysiological Correlates of Memory for Experienced and Imagined Events"^[15] (2003), "The Formation of Flashbulb Memories"^[16] (1994), Flashbulb Memories^[17][18] (1994 & 1995), "The Remembering–Imagining System"^[19] (2016), "The Structure of Autobiographical Memory"^[20] (multiple), "Organization in Autobiographical Memory"^[21] (1987, listed as 1993), "Memory and the Self"^[8] (2005), and "The Construction of Autobiographical Memories in the Self-Memory System"^[9] (2005).

Notes

1. Spelling of his middle name in sources varies between Antony and Anthony.^[1][2]

References

1. "Martin CONWAY". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
2. "Conway, Martin Antony – Author details". Scopus. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
3. "Martin Conway 1952–2022". The British Psychological Society (BPS). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
4. "Beliefs about autobiographical memory". The British Psychological Society (BPS). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
5. Conway, Martin A. (2012), Nadel, Lynn; Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter P. (eds.), "Ten Things the Law and Others Should Know about Human Memory", Memory and Law, Oxford University Press, pp. 359–372, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199920754.003.0014, ISBN 978-0-19-992075-4, retrieved 23 April 2023
6. "Martin Conway". The Helix Center. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
7. "Martin Conway 1952–2022 – A Tribute". British False Memory Society (BFMS). 27 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
8. Martin A. Conway (October 2005). "Memory and the self☆". Journal of Memory and Language. 53 (4): 594–628. doi:10.1016/J.JML.2005.08.005. ISSN 0749-596X. Wikidata Q59411749.
9. Conway MA; Pleydell-Pearce CW (1 April 2000). "The construction of autobiographical memories in the self-memory system". Psychological Review. 107 (2): 261–288. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.107.2.261. hdl:1983/9e76b143-9786-4880-a9a4-37a80f809df2. ISSN 0033-295X. PMID 10789197. S2CID 24238763. Wikidata Q33900078.
10. "In memory of Martin Conway". City, University of London. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
11. The Sir John Monash Lecture – Prof Martin Anthony Conway. Monash University Malaysia [@monashmalaysia]. 2016 – via YouTube.
12. Chris Moulin [@chrsmln] (31 March 2022). "I am sad to share the news that Professor Martin Anthony Conway passed away on Wednesday 30th March 2022. He died peacefully in the company of his wife Judith and his children. Martin was far more than simply a prolific and creative researcher for all those that knew him" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
13. Conway, Martin A.; Wang, Qi; Hanyu, Kazunori; Haque, Shamsul (2005). "A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Autobiographical Memory: On the Universality and Cultural Variation of the Reminiscence Bump". Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 36 (6): 739–749. doi:10.1177/0022022105280512. ISSN 0022-0221. S2CID 146691482.
14. Conway, Martin A.; Cohen, Gillian; Stanhope, Nicola (1991). "On the very long-term retention of knowledge acquired through formal education: Twelve years of cognitive psychology" (PDF). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 120 (4): 395–409. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.120.4.395. ISSN 1939-2222. S2CID 18938763. ResearchGate:232425555.
15. Conway, Martin A; Pleydell-Pearce, Christopher W; Whitecross, Sharron E; Sharpe, Helen (1 January 2003). "Neurophysiological correlates of memory for experienced and imagined events" (PDF). Neuropsychologia. Functional Neuroimaging of Memory. 41 (3): 334–340. doi:10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00165-3. ISSN 0028-3932. PMID 12457758. S2CID 14849182.
16. Conway, Martin A.; Anderson, Stephen J.; Larsen, Steen F.; Donnelly, C. M.; McDaniel, M. A.; McClelland, A. G. R.; Rawles, R. E.; Logie, R. H. (1 May 1994). "The formation of flashbulb memories". Memory & Cognition. 22 (3): 326–343. doi:10.3758/BF03200860. ISSN 1532-5946. PMID 8007835. S2CID 37402494.
17. Conway, Martin (1994). Flashbulb Memories (Hardback) (1st ed.). Psychology Press. doi:10.4324/9780203775820. ISBN 9780863773532.
18. Conway, Martin (1995). Flashbulb Memories (Paperback) (1st ed.). Psychology Press. ISBN 9781138877054.
19. Conway, Martin A; Loveday, Catherine; Cole, Scott N (2016). "The remembering–imagining system". Memory Studies. 9 (3): 256–265. doi:10.1177/1750698016645231. ISSN 1750-6980. S2CID 148252514. CORE 8008771 Academia:26878598.
20. Conway, Martin A.; Rubin, David C. (2019). "The Structure of Autobiographical Memory". In Collins, Alan F.; Conway, Martin A.; Morris, Peter E. (eds.). Theories Of Memory. Psychology Press. pp. 103–137. doi:10.4324/9781315782119-4. ISBN 9781315782119. S2CID 140465288. ResearchGate:330964356.
21. Conway, M. A.; Bekerian, D. A. (1 March 1987). "Organization in autobiographical memory". Memory & Cognition. 15 (2): 119–132. doi:10.3758/BF03197023. ISSN 1532-5946. PMID 3683176. S2CID 40325974.