Autonoesis and reconstruction in episodic memory: Is remembering systematically misleading?

Mahr & Csibra (M&C) view autonoesis as being essential to episodic memories and construction as being essential to the process of episodic remembering. These views imply that episodic memory is systematically misleading, not because it often misinforms us about the past, but rather because i...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2018, Vol.41, p.e22-e22, Article e22
Main Author: Michaelian, Kourken
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognitive psychology
Epistemology
Humanities and Social Sciences
Memory
Open Peer Commentary
Philosophy
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Summary:Mahr & Csibra (M&C) view autonoesis as being essential to episodic memories and construction as being essential to the process of episodic remembering. These views imply that episodic memory is systematically misleading, not because it often misinforms us about the past, but rather because it often misinforms us about how it informs us about the past.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X17001431