Autobiographical memory: "Condensation" in the subjective picture of past

The paper focused on a reminiscence bump effect int he autobiographical memory. It consists of that peope recollect disproportionate high amount of autobiographical memories associated with the age between 15 and 30. Two empirical studies were carried out. It was shown that life scripts determine the universality of reminiscence bump. In cross cultural comparison we noticed the cultural specificity of scenarios and interpreted them as a cultural tool for memory formation. However there is an individual configuration of the memories, which are the most accessible for recollection. They surround memories about critical events. These increasing of numbers of memories may be described by cubic function.