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Preferred term

episodic memory  

Definition

  • 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

Synonym(s)

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

Scope note

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

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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Crystal, J. D. (2018). Animal models of episodic memory. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 13, 105–122. https://doi.org/10.3819/CCBR.2018.130012

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • 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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • 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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • 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

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: open

  • • 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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • 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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • 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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • 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.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Rubin, D. C. (2022). A conceptual space for episodic and semantic memory. Memory & Cognition, 50(3), 464–477. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-021-01148-3

    • Document type: conceptual analysis

    , literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Staniloiu, A., Kordon, A., & Markowitsch, H. J. (2020). Quo vadis ‘episodic memory’? – Past, present, and perspective. Neuropsychologia, 141, 107362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107362

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • 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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Torres-Morales, C., & Cansino, S. (2024). Brain representations of space and time in episodic memory: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 24(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-023-01140-1

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: open

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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • 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.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • 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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • 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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

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

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Has study method(s)

In other languages

  • French

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

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-DP4NMT2L-9

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