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Memories have long been recognized as essential to the expression of normal cognitive activity. Despite this, little is actually known of their basic composition or organization within the brain. Some consideration of this subject would therefore seem essential to any reasonable hypothesis of mental function. In this chapter, it is proposed that memories exist as associated units of information from which all mental activity flows.
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Hall, W.M. (1996). Generalization of Memories. In: From Memories to Mental Illness. Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0351-0_3
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