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The importance of the rites of passage in assigning semantic structures to autobiographical memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Oana Benga ,
Bogdan Neagota  and
Ileana Benga
Oana Benga
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 400015, Romania. oanabenga@gmail.com
Bogdan Neagota
Affiliation:
Department of Classical Philology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 400038, Romania. bogdan.neagota@gmail.com
Ileana Benga
Affiliation:
Department of Folklore Studies, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Cluj-Napoca 400015, Romania. ileanabenga@gmail.com www.orma.ro
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Abstract

As cultural anthropologists, we noticed an unexpected and interesting convergence of the therapeutic practices suggested in the target article and the rites of passage occurring across multiple societies, as individuals make the transition from one significant age or status to another.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e3
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