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The role of memory in planning and pretense

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Peter Gärdenfors
Affiliation:
Cognitive Science, Lund University, Kungshuset, S-222 22 Lund, Swedenpeter.gardenfors@fil.lu.se lucs.fil.lu.se/staff/Peter.Gardenfors

Abstract

Corresponding to Glenberg's distinction between the automatic and effortful modes of memory, I propose a distinction between cued and detached mental representations. A cued representation stands for something that is present in the external situation of the representing organism, while a detached representation stands for objects or events that are not present in the current situation. This distinction is important for understanding the role of memory in different cognitive functions like planning and pretense.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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