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Developmental roots of episodic memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2018

Katherine Nelson
Katherine Nelson*
Affiliation:
CUNY Graduate Center (Distinguished Professor Emerita), New York, NY 10024. [email protected]
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Abstract

Two arguments imply that Mahr & Csibra's (M&C's) functional theory is insufficient as an explanation of episodic memory: (1) The developmental course supports a different social cultural division of episodic and semantic memory, and (2) the existence of long-term autobiographical memory is not explained in the functional theory but can be seen in a broader cultural framework.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e26
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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