Towards a natural history of memory

Authors

  • César Ades Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto de Psicologia; Departamento de Psicologia Experimental

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-51771993000100003

Keywords:

Memory, Animal ethology, Animal learning, Animal communication

Abstract

The study of memory processes in natural contexts is an essential complement to laboratory studies. It allows us to assess the variability of memory-guided performance and to understand how such performance is adjusted to specific environmental demands. In this paper, I examine some aspects of event memory (System II, Sherry & Schacter, 1987) as manifested in (1) spatial orientation, (2) retrieval of hoarded food, (3) recognition of conspecifics and social memory in general. I argue that event memory can be submitted, as other behavioral features, to an analysis in terms of adaptive function.

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Published

1993-01-01

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Original Articles

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