1. Quo vadis 'episodic memory'? - Past, present, and perspective
- Author
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Hans J. Markowitsch, Angelica Staniloiu, and Andreas Kordon
- Subjects
Memory, Episodic ,Cognitive Neuroscience ,Perceptual memory ,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology ,Autonoetic consciousness ,Memory systems ,050105 experimental psychology ,Emotional embedding ,03 medical and health sciences ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,0302 clinical medicine ,ComputerApplications_MISCELLANEOUS ,Humans ,Semantic memory ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Episodic memory ,Cognitive science ,Hardware_MEMORYSTRUCTURES ,05 social sciences ,Perspective (graphical) ,Term (time) ,Overgeneral memory effect ,Paragraph ,Psychology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The term 'episodic memory' was coined by Endel Tulving, who also created a classification in several memory systems. This classification is presented, and it is described which predecessors existed for the partition of memory into systems. The 'episodic memory system' is discussed as being in general equivalent with the 'episodic-autobiographical memory system'. It is seen as an emotionally colorized system. A special paragraph is devoted to the 'perceptual memory system', as this was not included in Tulving's previous schemes of memory systems. More recent sub-categorizations of the 'episodic memory system' are presented and a perspective on the future of the episodic memory system is developed.
- Published
- 2020