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Evolutionary mismatch and anomalies in the memory system

Evolutionary mismatch and anomalies in the memory system
Evolutionary mismatch and anomalies in the memory system

In order to understand involuntary autobiographical memories and déjà vu experiences, we argue that it is important to take an evolutionary medicine perspective. Here, we propose that these memory anomalies can be understood as the outcomes of an inevitable design trade-off between type I and type II errors in memory processing.

Deja Vu, Humans, Memory, Episodic
0140-525X
Veit, Walter
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Browning, Heather
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Veit, Walter
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Browning, Heather
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Veit, Walter and Browning, Heather (2023) Evolutionary mismatch and anomalies in the memory system. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, [e381]. (doi:10.1017/S0140525X23000183).

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Abstract

In order to understand involuntary autobiographical memories and déjà vu experiences, we argue that it is important to take an evolutionary medicine perspective. Here, we propose that these memory anomalies can be understood as the outcomes of an inevitable design trade-off between type I and type II errors in memory processing.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 14 November 2023
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press.
Keywords: Deja Vu, Humans, Memory, Episodic

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Local EPrints ID: 484667
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/484667
ISSN: 0140-525X
PURE UUID: 123cbbbe-253d-4e46-ad25-a8d1eddae137
ORCID for Heather Browning: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1554-7052

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Date deposited: 20 Nov 2023 17:36
Last modified: 22 Mar 2024 03:05

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Author: Walter Veit
Author: Heather Browning ORCID iD

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