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What memory is for.

A M Glenberg1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA. glenberg@facstaff.wisc.edu

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|March 1, 1997
PubMed
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This study proposes memory and conceptualization serve perception and action, with concepts as encoded interaction patterns. Learning to prioritize memory over environmental input enables prediction and language comprehension.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Traditional views of memory focus on associations.
  • This work re-examines memory's function in perception and action.
  • Conceptualization is framed as encoding physical interaction patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel framework for understanding memory and conceptualization.
  • To explore how bodily constraints shape perception and conception.
  • To investigate the role of memory in guiding conceptualization over environmental input.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical review of cognitive science literature.
  • Analysis of empirical research in memory and language comprehension.
  • Introduction of the "mesh" concept for relating action patterns.

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Main Results:

  • Conceptualization is constrained by environment, body, and memory.
  • Memory guides conceptualization when environmental input is suppressed.
  • This process supports prediction, recollective memory, and language.

Conclusions:

  • Memory's function is re-conceptualized as enabling action and perception.
  • The ability to suppress environmental input is key to higher cognitive functions.
  • Connections between infantile amnesia and mental-model theory may be explorable.