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disposition > cognition > memory > adaptive memory

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adaptive memory  

Definition

  • Term referring to the fact that the function of memory is to solve adaptive problems, and thus, to improve survival and reproduction (fitness).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Bonin, P., & Bugaiska, A. (2014). « Survivre pour se souvenir ». Une approche novatrice de la mémoire humaine : la mémoire adaptative. L’Année Psychologique, 114(3), 571–610. https://doi.org/10.4074/S0003503314003066

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Nairne, J. S. (2010). Adaptive memory: Evolutionary constraints on remembering. In B. H. Ross (Ed.), Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 53, p. 1–32). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-7421(10)53001-9

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  • • Nairne, J. S., Pandeirada, J. N. S., & Fernandes, N. L. (2017). Adaptive Memory. In J. H. Byrne (Ed.), Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (Second Edition) (p. 279–293). Oxford: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.21060-2

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  • • Schwartz, B. L., Howe, M. L., Toglia, M. P., & Otgaar, H. (Eds.). (2013). What is adaptive about adaptive memory? Oxford University Press.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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