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Preferred term

episodic memory  

Definition(s)

  • Memory of personal experiences (episodes) located in time and space. According to recent developments of the concept, episodic memory allows us to mentally travel to the past and to imagine the future through autonoetic consciousness.

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • contextualized memory
  • episodic autobiographical memory
  • episodic-like memory
  • event memory
  • recollective memory
  • WWW memory

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Billard, P., Clayton, N. S., & Jozet-Alves, C. (2019). Episodic memory. In J. Vonk & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (p. 1–13). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1770-1

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  • • Fan, C. L., Sokolowski, H. M., Rosenbaum, R. S., & Levine, B. (2023). What about “space” is important for episodic memory? WIREs Cognitive Science, 14(3), e1645. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1645

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  • • Huston, J. P., & Chao, O. Y. (2023). Probing the nature of episodic memory in rodents. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 144, 104930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104930

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  • • Morton, C., & MacLeod, A. K. (2023). Vividness of imagery and affective response to episodic memories and episodic future thoughts: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Memory, 31(8), 1098–1110. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2224609

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  • • Ranganath, C. (2022). What is episodic memory and how do we use it? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(12), 1059–1061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.09.023

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  • • Renoult, L., Irish, M., Moscovitch, M., & Rugg, M. D. (2019). From knowing to remembering : The semantic–episodic distinction. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(12), 1041–1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.09.008

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  • • Renoult, L., & Rugg, M. D. (2020). An historical perspective on Endel Tulving’s episodic-semantic distinction. Neuropsychologia, 139, 107366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107366

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  • • Robins, S. K. (2022). Episodic memory is not for the future. In A. Sant’Anna, C. J. McCarroll, & K. Michaelian (Eds.), Current controversies in philosophy of memory (pp. 166–184). Routledge.

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  • • Sugar, J., & Moser, M.-B. (2019). Episodic memory: Neuronal codes for what, where, and when. Hippocampus, 29(12), 1190–1205. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23132

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  • • Tulving, E. (1972). Episodic and semantic memory. In W. Donaldson (Ed.), Organization of Memory (pp. 381‑402). Academic Press.

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  • • Tulving, E. (1972). Mémoire épisodique et mémoire sémantique. Dans S. Nicolas & P. Piolino (2010). Anthologie de psychologie cognitive de la mémoire (pp. 85–106). De Boeck.

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  • • Tulving, E. (1984). Précis of Elements of episodic memory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 7(2), 223–238. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0004440X

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  • • Tulving, E. (2002). Episodic memory: From mind to brain. Annual Review of Psychology, 53(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135114

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  • • Tulving, E., Eustache, F., Desgranges, B., & Viader, F. (2004). La mémoire épisodique : de l’esprit au cerveau. Revue Neurologique, 160(4, Part 2), 9–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-3787(04)70940-6

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  • • Tulving, E., & Szpunar, K. K. (2009). Episodic memory. Scholarpedia, 4(8), 3332. https://doi.org/10.4249/scholarpedia.3332

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Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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Editorial note

  • The phrase "episodic-like memory" is mainly used in non-human animal studies.

In other languages

  • French

  • mémoire autobiographique épisodique
  • mémoire contextualisée
  • mémoire de type épisodique
  • mémoire des évènements
  • mémoire recollective
  • souvenir épisodique

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