Abstract
Bergson's reflections (in Matter and Memory, 1896) on memory anticipated development of modern selectionist theories of memory. Selectionist models offer new and potentially useful approaches to a theory of remembering. On the model of natural selection, these selectionist theories require at least two processing components: a device which generates a range of memory representations and a selection process which preserves a subset of those representations. Bergson shows how the subjective experience of remembering might be understood within a selectionist framework.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 215-231 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Brain and Cognition |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |