What about "space" is important for episodic memory?

Autor: Fan CL; Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Sokolowski HM; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Rosenbaum RS; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Levine B; Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Medicine, Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science [Wiley Interdiscip Rev Cogn Sci] 2023 May-Jun; Vol. 14 (3), pp. e1645. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 11.
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1645
Abstrakt: Early cognitive neuroscientific research revealed that the hippocampus is crucial for spatial navigation in rodents, and for autobiographical episodic memory in humans. Researchers quickly linked these streams to propose that the human hippocampus supports memory through its role in representing space, and research on the link between spatial cognition and episodic memory in humans has proliferated over the past several decades. Different researchers apply the term "spatial" in a variety of contexts, however, and it remains unclear what aspect of space may be critical to memory. Similarly, "episodic" has been defined and tested in different ways. Naturalistic assessment of spatial memory and episodic memory (i.e., episodic autobiographical memory) is required to unify the scale and biological relevance in comparisons of spatial and mnemonic processing. Limitations regarding the translation of rodent to human research, human ontogeny, and inter-individual variability require greater consideration in the interpretation of this literature. In this review, we outline the aspects of space that are (and are not) commonly linked to episodic memory, and then we discuss these dimensions through the lens of individual differences in naturalistic autobiographical memory. Future studies should carefully consider which aspect(s) of space are being linked to memory within the context of naturalistic human cognition. This article is categorized under: Psychology > Memory.
(© 2023 The Authors. WIREs Cognitive Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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