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The dynamics of episodic memory functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2018

Dorthe Berntsen
Dorthe Berntsen*
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Center on Autobiographical Memory Research (CON AMORE), Department of Psychology, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark. dorthe@psy.au.dk http://pure.au.dk/portal/da/persons/dorthe-berntsen(2a5c3e80-973a-4b35-883d-a7de4143885c)/cv.html?id=32505546
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Abstract

There is no doubt that episodic memory serves communicative functions, but Mahr & Csibra (M&C) overlook that this is not the only function served by memories of past events. Autobiographical memory research has identified several other functions, including purely directive functions. The functionality of episodic memory is not stable across situations; it varies dynamically with the demands of the retrieval context.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e4
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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