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Episodic memory is as much about communicating as it is about relating to others

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2018

Alin Coman
Alin Coman*
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Department of Psychology & Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. acoman@princeton.edu https://www.princeton.edu/~acoman/Home.html
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Abstract

Mahr & Csibra (M&C) provide extensive evidence for the communicative function of episodic memory, suggesting that the malleability of human memory is in large part due to its communicative dimension. I argue that emphasizing the relational motivations involved in communication provides a more proximal explanation for why our memories are as malleable.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e7
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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