episodic vs autobiographical memory Flashcards
Episodic memory
time and place
Endel Tulving definition of episodic memory
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
Is episodic memory the same as autobiographical memory?
no,Autobiographical memory can also include semantic memory
Episodic Memory in scrub jays
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
Does every human have episodic memory
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