Martin A. Conway

He worked for five years at the Medical Research Council Applied Psychology Unit (now the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit) (1982-1988) He then took up lectureship posts at the University of Hertfordshire and the University of Lancaster before being appointed professor at the University of Bristol in 1993. After nine years at Bristol he moved to Durham University (2001-2006), then to the University of Leeds (2006-2012), and finally to City University, London from which he retired in 2021.{{cite journal |title=Martin Conway 1952-2022 |journal=The Psychologist |date=5 April 202 |url=https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/martin-conway-1952-2022}}

Conway spoke at Monash University Malaysia in 2016.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNqHmPVKIBg |title=The Sir John Monash Lecture – Prof Martin Anthony Conway |date=2016 |publisher=Monash University Malaysia [@monashmalaysia] |via=YouTube}}

Conway is known for his pioneering research in the study of autobiographical memory,{{Cite web |title=Martin Conway |url=https://www.helixcenter.org/participants/martin-conway/ |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=The Helix Center |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Martin Conway 1952–2022 – A Tribute |url=https://bfms.org.uk/martin-conway-1952-2022-a-tribute/ |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=British False Memory Society (BFMS) |language=en-GB}} and has amassed over 14,000 citations as listed on Scopus.{{Cite web |title=Conway, Martin Antony – Author details |url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56946344100|access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Scopus}} Two of his publications that have had the largest impact on the field are "Memory and the Self"{{Cite Q|Q59411749}} (2005) and "The Construction of Autobiographical Memories in the Self-Memory System"{{Cite Q|Q33900078}} (2005).{{Cite web |date=8 April 2022 |title=In memory of Martin Conway |url=https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/04/in-memory-of-martin-conway |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=City, University of London |language=en-GB}}

According to Chris Moulin, Daniel Schacter listed Conway's top scientific outputs as:{{Cite tweet|number=1509507622160019456|user=chrsmln|title=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.|author=Chris Moulin|author-link=Chris Moulin|date=31 March 2022}}

• "Ten Things the Law and Others Should Know about Human Memory" (2012),
• "A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Autobiographical Memory: On the Universality and Cultural Variation of the Reminiscence Bump"{{Cite journal |last1=Conway |first1=Martin A. |last2=Wang |first2=Qi |last3=Hanyu |first3=Kazunori |last4=Haque |first4=Shamsul |date=2005 |title=A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Autobiographical Memory: On the Universality and Cultural Variation of the Reminiscence Bump |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022022105280512 |journal=Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology |language=en |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=739–749 |doi=10.1177/0022022105280512 |s2cid=146691482 |issn=0022-0221|url-access=subscription }} (2005),
• "On the Very Long-Term Retention of Knowledge Acquired Through Formal Education: Twelve Years of Cognitive Psychology"{{Cite journal |last1=Conway |first1=Martin A. |last2=Cohen |first2=Gillian |last3=Stanhope |first3=Nicola |date=1991 |title=On the very long-term retention of knowledge acquired through formal education: Twelve years of cognitive psychology. |url=https://users.cs.northwestern.edu/~paritosh/papers/KIP/ConwayLongTermRetention.pdf |journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology: General |language=en |volume=120 |issue=4 |pages=395–409 |doi=10.1037/0096-3445.120.4.395 |issn=1939-2222 |s2cid=18938763 |id={{ResearchGatePub|232425555}}}} (1991),
• "Neurophysiological Correlates of Memory for Experienced and Imagined Events"{{Cite journal |last1=Conway |first1=Martin A |last2=Pleydell-Pearce |first2=Christopher W |last3=Whitecross |first3=Sharron E |last4=Sharpe |first4=Helen |date=1 January 2003 |title=Neurophysiological correlates of memory for experienced and imagined events |url=http://www.self-definingmemories.com/Conway__Pleydell-Pearce__Whitecross____Sharpe__2002.pdf |journal=Neuropsychologia |series=Functional Neuroimaging of Memory |language=en |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=334–340 |doi=10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00165-3 |issn=0028-3932 |pmid=12457758|s2cid=14849182 }} (2003),
• "The Formation of Flashbulb Memories"{{Cite journal |last1=Conway |first1=Martin A. |last2=Anderson |first2=Stephen J. |last3=Larsen |first3=Steen F. |last4=Donnelly |first4=C. M. |last5=McDaniel |first5=M. A. |last6=McClelland |first6=A. G. R. |last7=Rawles |first7=R. E. |last8=Logie |first8=R. H. |date=1 May 1994 |title=The formation of flashbulb memories |journal=Memory & Cognition |language=en |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=326–343 |doi=10.3758/BF03200860 |pmid=8007835 |s2cid=37402494 |issn=1532-5946|doi-access=free }} (1994),
• Flashbulb Memories{{Cite book |last=Conway |first=Martin |url=https://www.routledge.com/Flashbulb-Memories/Conway/p/book/9780863773532 |title=Flashbulb Memories |publisher=Psychology Press |year=1994 |isbn=9780863773532 |edition=1st |format=Hardback |doi=10.4324/9780203775820}}{{Cite book |last=Conway |first=Martin |url=https://www.routledge.com/Flashbulb-Memories/Conway/p/book/9781138877054 |title=Flashbulb Memories |publisher=Psychology Press |year=1995 |isbn=9781138877054 |edition=1st |format=Paperback}} (1994 & 1995),
• "The Remembering–Imagining System"{{Cite journal |last1=Conway |first1=Martin A |last2=Loveday |first2=Catherine |last3=Cole |first3=Scott N |date=2016 |title=The remembering–imagining system |url=https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/2144/ |journal=Memory Studies |language=en |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=256–265 |doi=10.1177/1750698016645231 |issn=1750-6980 |s2cid=148252514 |id={{CORE work|8008771}} {{Academia.edu|26878598}}}} (2016),
• "The Structure of Autobiographical Memory"{{Cite book |last1=Conway |first1=Martin A. |title=Theories Of Memory |last2=Rubin |first2=David C. |publisher=Psychology Press |editor-last=Collins |editor-first=Alan F. |chapter=The Structure of Autobiographical Memory |year=2019 |pages=103–137 |doi=10.4324/9781315782119-4 |isbn=9781315782119 |s2cid=140465288 |id={{ResearchGatePub|330964356}} |editor-last2=Conway |editor-first2=Martin A. |editor-last3=Morris |editor-first3=Peter E. |chapter-url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1993-98912-004}} (multiple),
• "Organization in Autobiographical Memory"{{Cite journal |last1=Conway |first1=M. A. |last2=Bekerian |first2=D. A. |date=1 March 1987 |title=Organization in autobiographical memory |journal=Memory & Cognition |language=en |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=119–132 |doi=10.3758/BF03197023 |pmid=3683176 |s2cid=40325974 |issn=1532-5946|doi-access=free }} (1987, listed as 1993),
• "Memory and the Self" (2005), and
• "The Construction of Autobiographical Memories in the Self-Memory System" (2005).

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