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Everyday memory and activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Richard Alterman
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254. alterman@cs.brandeis.edu

Abstract

The target article interprets current psychological research on everyday memory in terms of a correspondence metaphor. This metaphor is based on a reduction of everyday memory to autobiographical and eyewitness memory. This commentary focuses on everyday memory as it functions in activity. Viewed from this perspective, the joining of everyday memory to a correspondence metaphor is problematic. A more natural way to frame the processes of everyday memory is in terms of context, practice, and pragmatics.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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