Let's call a memory a memory, but what kind?

Hoerl & McCormack argue that animals cannot represent past situations and subsume animals’ memory-like representations within a model of the world. I suggest calling these memory-like representations as what they are without beating around the bush. I refer to them as event memories and explain...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2019-01, Vol.42, p.e260-e260, Article e260
Main Author: Keven, Nazim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal cognition
Animals
Birds
Cognition
Memory
Memory, Episodic
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Summary:Hoerl & McCormack argue that animals cannot represent past situations and subsume animals’ memory-like representations within a model of the world. I suggest calling these memory-like representations as what they are without beating around the bush. I refer to them as event memories and explain how they are different from episodic memory and how they can guide action in animal cognition.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X19000360