Evolutionary mismatch and anomalies in the memory system.

Autor: Veit W; Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK wrwveit@gmail.com https://walterveit.com/., Browning H; Department of Philosophy, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK DrHeatherBrowning@gmail.com https://www.heatherbrowning.net.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Behavioral and brain sciences [Behav Brain Sci] 2023 Nov 14; Vol. 46, pp. e381. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 14.
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X23000183
Abstrakt: In order to understand involuntary autobiographical memories and déjà vu experiences, we argue that it is important to take an evolutionary medicine perspective. Here, we propose that these memory anomalies can be understood as the outcomes of an inevitable design trade-off between type I and type II errors in memory processing.
Databáze: MEDLINE