In this paper we provide a conceptual rationale for an expanded theoretical model of episodic AM that includes vicarious
as well as personal memories, and we present new data that reveal important similarities between a person’s own autobiographical
memories and memories constructed from stories told by others. Prior work in three distinct domains provided
the foundation for the present study: research comparing experienced and reported events, clinical studies of vicarious
traumatization, and analyses of the adaptive value of remembering specific events that happened to other people.