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What is the link between propositions and memories?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

Ben R. Newell
Ben R. Newell
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School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia. [email protected]://www2.psy.unsw.edu.au/Users/BNewell/
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Abstract

Mitchell et al. present a lucid and provocative challenge to the claim that links between mental representations are formed automatically. However, the propositional approach they offer requires clearer specification, especially with regard to how propositions and memories interact. A definition of a system would also clarify the debate, as might an alternative technique for assessing task “dissociations.”

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 219
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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