Temporal concepts and episodic memory: A response to Hoerl

Journal/Book: Mind Lang. 1999; 14: 108 Cowley Rd, Oxford Ox4 1Jf, Oxon, England. Blackwell Publ Ltd. 252-262.

Abstract: Hoerl claims that episodic memory is necessary for a concept of the past, and that we should consider some severely amnesic patients as lacking such a concept. I question whether this description of such patients is plausible, and whether it helps us understand lack of insight in amnesia. I finish by arguing that Hoerl's analysis of what constitutes a concept of the past raises interesting developmental issues.

Note: Article McCormack T, Univ Warwick, Dept Psychol, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, ENGLAND

Keyword(s): AMNESIA; EVENTS

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