STORAGE AND REORGANIZATION IN EPISODIC MEMORY
Reply to Goertzel on Language-Network

Abstract

Goertzel's (1994b) review points out that the episodic memory model of DISCERN (Miikkulainen, 1993, 1994) lacks certain fundamental properties of human memory, such as a capability for reorganization, and suggests that the distinction between memory and processing must be eliminated. His points are well taken, but in light of the emerging understanding of the episodic memory system in the brain, I will argue that such a distinction is justified.

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