What is episodic memory if it is a natural kind?

2014/12/31 by Sen Cheng, Markus Werning · 97 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Autobiographical memory #Chronesthesia #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Episodic memory #Explicit memory #Long-term memory #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Mnemonic #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neuroscience #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research #Psychology #Recall #Reconstructive memory #Retrospective memory #Semantic memory

paper · doi:10.1007/s11229-014-0628-6

published in Synthese 193(5), 1345-1385 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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