How Semantic and Episodic Memory Contribute to Autobiographical Memory. Commentary on Burt

Abstract

In his article, Chris Burt focuses on the relationship between time and autobiographical memory. The question Burt puts forward is whether temporal markers in reports on autobiographic memories reflect specific temporal information or result from rather complex cognitive processing of time-relevant knowledge. The aspect of time is inherent to the concept of memory, which is about retrieving information from the past. The past can reflect a given time point and memory retrieval can relate to this specific context. Alternatively, the past can be defined in terms of duration, and memory retrieval will then be less likely based on the retrieval of a specific episodic context. Here, I want to discuss the aspect of time in autobiographical.