Episodisk minne—finns det något sådant?
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: Bredefeldt Öhman, M. (2003): Episodic memory-does it exist? Nordisk Psykologi, 55, 323–341. The distinction between semantic and episodic memory is discussed from the base of an empirical study focusing on mental representations and autobiographical memory. The concept of episodic memory is called in question. An alternative model is proposed which is grounded in whether the memory is referring to the self or not, and if a phenomenal reliving experience is activated or not. In the proposed model autobiographical and semantic memory is partly overlapping but the recollective memory is regarded to be a “natural kind” and consequently secluded. Everything a person knows and remembers has its origin in experiences. If the experiences is emotionally significant for the self they will fill a different function for the individual than they will if they are emotionally neutral. This is the crucial point whether the memory of an experience will become a semantic memory or an autobiographical memory.
Source: Nordisk Psykologi
Author: MONICA BREDEFELDT ÖHMAN
Institution: Kristianstad University
Language: Swedish
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2004243412