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Semantic memory before episodic memory: How memory research can inform knowledge and belief representations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

R. Shayna Rosenbaum Open the ORCID record for R. Shayna Rosenbaum [Opens in a new window] ,
Julia G. Halilova  and
Thanujeni Pathman Open the ORCID record for Thanujeni Pathman [Opens in a new window]
R. Shayna Rosenbaum
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada. shaynar@yorku.ca, gkhalilova@gmail.com, tpathman@yorku.ca
Julia G. Halilova
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada. shaynar@yorku.ca, gkhalilova@gmail.com, tpathman@yorku.ca
Thanujeni Pathman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada. shaynar@yorku.ca, gkhalilova@gmail.com, tpathman@yorku.ca
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Abstract

Knowledge and belief attribution are discussed in the context of episodic and semantic memory theory and research, with reference to patient-lesion and developmental studies under naturalistic conditions. Consideration of how episodic and semantic memory relate to each other and intersect in the real world, including how they fail, can illuminate the approach to studying how people represent others' minds.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e166
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