Hoerl, Christoph. (2007) Episodic memory, autobiographical memory, narrative : on three key notions in current approaches to memory development. Philosophical Psychology , Volume 20 (Number 5). pp. 621-640. ISSN 0951-5089

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Abstract

According to recent social interactionist accounts in developmental psychology, a child's learning to talk about the past with others plays a key role in memory development. Most accounts of this kind are centered on the theoretical notion of autobiographical memory and assume that socio-communicative interaction with others is important, in particular, in explaining the emergence of memories that have a particular type of connection to the self. Most of these accounts also construe autobiographical memory as a species of episodic memory, but its episodic character, as such, is not typically seen as falling within the remit of an explanation in social interactionist terms. I explore the idea that socio-communicative interaction centered on talk about the past might also have an important role to play, quite independently of considerations about the involvement of the self in memory, in accounting for the emergence of memories that are episodic in character, i.e., memories that involve the recollection of particular past events. In doing so, I also try to shed light on a distinctive role that talk about the past plays in socio-communicative interaction.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Episodic memory , Autobiographical memory , Oral communication
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophical Psychology
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISSN:	0951-5089
Official Date:	2007
Dates:	Date Event 2007 Published
Volume:	Volume 20
Number:	Number 5
Number of Pages:	20
Page Range:	pp. 621-640
Identification Number:	10.1080/09515080701537988
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/31391

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