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The role of reference frames in memory recollection.

Giuseppe RivaDaniele Di LerniaAndrea SerinoSilvia Serino
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2020)
In this commentary on Bastin et al., we suggest that spatial context plays a critical role in the encoding and retrieval of events. Specifically, the translation process between the viewpoint-independent content of a memory and the viewpoint-dependent stimuli activating the retrieval (mental frame syncing) plays a critical role in spatial memory recollection. This perspective also provides an explanatory model for pathological disturbances such as Alzheimer's disease.
Keyphrases
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