David C. Rubin

Duke University — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

86h-index28.0kcitations304works3.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Identity, Memory, and Therapy(126), Memory Processes and Influences(117), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(40), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research(32), Aging and Gerontology Research(18)

Publications300 total

Shame, tonic immobility, and reactions to stressful events as phylogenetically conserved submissive defense mechanisms.
Journal of Experimental Psychology General·2025
Collective memory and autobiographical memory: The same evolutionary basis serving group cohesion and cooperation
Current Opinion in Psychology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Exploring changes in consciousness, cognition, and anxiety amid social isolation: China’s strict COVID-19 measures as a case study.
Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice·2025· 1 cited
Involuntary autobiographical memories as a transdiagnostic factor in mental disorders
Clinical Psychology Review·2025· 7 cited
Tonic immobility is engaged in most highly stressful and traumatic events: Insights into the relationship of freezing, shame, and sexual assault.
Traumatology An International Journal·2024· 1 cited
Measuring narrative identity: rater coding versus questionnaire-based approaches
Memory·2024· 4 cited
Collectives closer to the self are anticipated to have a brighter future: Self-enhancement in collective cognition.
Journal of Experimental Psychology General·2024· 10 cited
Using shame to extend Martin Conway’s self-memory system
Memory·2023
Narrative identity does not predict well-being when controlling for emotional valence
Memory·2023· 12 cited
The Properties of Involuntary and Voluntary Autobiographical Memories in Chinese Patients with Depression and Healthy Individuals
Cognitive Therapy and Research·2023· 7 cited
Tonic immobility (freezing) during sexual and physical assaults produces stronger memory effects than other characteristics of the assaults
Memory·2023· 6 cited
Autobiographical memory and the self on the psychosis continuum: investigating their relationship with positive- and negative-like symptoms
Memory·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Digital daydreaming: Introducing the spontaneous smartphone checking scale
Applied Cognitive Psychology·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Are memories of sexual trauma fragmented? A post publication discussion among Richard J. McNally, Dorthe Berntsen, Chris R. Brewin and David C. Rubin
Memory·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Individual differences in autobiographical memory: The autobiographical recollection test predicts ratings of specific memories across cueing conditions.
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
Individual Differences in Autobiographical Memory: The Autobiographical Recollection Test Predicts Ratings of Specific Memories Across Cueing Conditions
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
A conceptual space for episodic and semantic memory
Memory & Cognition·2021· 49 citedOpen Access
Properties of autobiographical memories are reliable and stable individual differences
Cognition·2021· 47 cited
Self-Concept Focus: A tendency to perceive autobiographical events as central to identity.
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition·2020· 8 cited
Effects of task instruction on autobiographical memory specificity in young and older adults
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Dorthe Berntsen(16), Daniel L. Greenberg(5), Pascal Boyer(5), Kevin S. LaBar(4), Matthew D. Schulkind(4), Jennifer M. Talarico(3), Eugene Winograd(3), John A. Robinson(2), William F. Brewer(2), Ulric Neisser(2), Scott Wetzler(2), Martin Conway(2), Leonard W. Poon(2), Roberto Cabeza(2), Sander M. Daselaar(2), Michael Friendly(2), David B. Pillemer(2), Ilene C. Siegler(2), Helen L. Williams(2), James V. Wertsch(2)