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Are involuntary autobiographical memory and déjà vu cognitive failures?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2023

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John H. Mace*
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Department of Psychology, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, USA jhmace@eiu.edu https://www.eiu.edu/psych/
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Abstract

This commentary supports Barzykowski and Moulin's model, but departs from it on the question of functionality, where IAMs and déjà vu fractionate. The authors seem to say that IAMs are functional, while déjà vu is not. As there is no hard evidence supporting the idea that IAMs are functional, I argue that both phenomena should be viewed as cognitive failures.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e368
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