Traditional memory research tends to be more focused on the of memory and less focused on while the opposite is true of autobiographical memory research.

Traditional memory research tends to be more focused on the completeness of memory and less focused on accuracy, while the opposite is true of autobiographical memory.

Voluntary memories, which are deliberately recalled is the focus of the autobiographical memory research. Though, there have been differential effects of age in research in both voluntary and involuntary autobiographical memory.