episodic vs autobiographical memory Flashcards

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Episodic memory

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time and place

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Endel Tulving definition of episodic memory

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also has autonoetic consciousness(mental time travel): a form of consciousness where you are aware of the memory, you can mentally travel back in time and relive the past

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Is episodic memory the same as autobiographical memory?

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no,Autobiographical memory can also include semantic memory

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Episodic Memory in scrub jays

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The scrub jays will choose worms as their first choice, but if 124 hours has passed they know the worms have decayed so they will choose alternative

In order to do that they need to remember what,where, and when

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Does every human have episodic memory

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No, it is a spectrum, some people have very little episodic memory and some have higher episodic memory

people without episodic memory can do well in life

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