The pivotal role of semantic memory in remembering the past and imagining the future

Episodic memory refers to a complex and multifaceted process which enables the retrieval of richly detailed evocative memories from the past. In contrast, semantic memory is conceptualised as the retrieval of general conceptual knowledge divested of a specific spatiotemporal context. The neural subs...

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Main Authors: Muireann eIrish, Olivier ePiguet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00027/full