Episodic memory has been analyzed in a number of different ways in both philosophy and
psychology, and most controversy has centered on its self-referential, autonoetic character …

Deep fakes have rapidly emerged as one of the most ominous concerns within modern
society. The ability to easily and cheaply generate convincing images, audio, and video via …

Deception is often a necessity in rich false memory studies, but is this deception acceptable
to participants? In the current study, we followed up with 175 participants who had taken part …

Autobiographical memories are said to serve at least three functions: they direct people's
behaviour, inform their identity, and facilitate social bonding and communication. But much …

People depend on various sources of information when trying to verify their autobiographical
memories. Yet recent research shows that people prefer to use cheap-and-easy verification …

We propose an extension to Mahr & Csibra's (M&C's) theory. For successful episodic
memory formation, potentially relevant aspects of a situation need to be identied and …

In this article, we champion the study of autobiographical memory functions. We review the
proposed functions and how they have been investigated. We describe seven commonly …

The episodic memory system allows us to experience the emotions of past, counterfactual,
and prospective events. We outline how this phenomenological experience can convey …

Abstract Mahr & Csibra's (M& C's) proposal that episodic memory has a role in
communicative interaction is innovative. However, the model would be strengthened by the …

The episodic memory system is flexible and complex, and likely evolved in response to a
wide range of survival-relevant problems in our evolutionary past, both social and nonsocial …