More to episodic memory than epistemic assertion: The role of social bonds and interpersonal connection. (22nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hirst, William; Echterhoff, Gerald
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 41(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-01-22
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X17001388
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Remembering is dynamically entangled in conversations. The communicative function of episodic memory can be epistemic, as suggested by Mahr & Csibra (M&C). However, remembering can have genuinely social functions, specifically, the creation or consolidation of interpersonal relationships. Autonoesis, a distinct feature of episodic memory, is more likely to have evolved in the service of social binding than of epistemic assertiveness.