reminiscence has been described as “the volitional or non-volitional act or process of recollecting memories of oneself in the past”. in other words, it involves the recalling and re-experiencing of one's life events. this involves having an intact autobiographical memory in order to be able to recall certain life events. however meaningful the reminisce process ends up being, depends on how meaningful the memories being recalled are. different ways to make these memories more meaningful are to ask questions which suggest the importance of the event as well as using historical materials from ones past.