The Associative Nature of Episodic Memories
The Associative Nature of Episodic Memories
The Primacy of Conceptual Associations
This chapter concerns the associative nature of episodic memories, putting forth a thesis on the associative form of episodic memories that contains four main propositions: (1) episodic memories always activate other episodic memories; (2) these activations always follow orderly pattern of associations; (3) whereas more than one type of association can be found among episodic memories, the fundamental form is conceptual, where memories are associated (or activated) by their common content; (4) conceptual forms dominate, they are the fundamental (or default) form, and they are the most enduring form. In addition, this chapter unveils a theoretical view which argues that there are mechanisms that create and maintain conceptual associations.
Keywords: autobiographical memory, autobiographical memory organization, episodic memory, episodic memory associations, episodic memory organization
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