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Memory involves the recording of information about experiences, and accessing that information to guide behaviour during later experiences that have some elements of similarity with earlier experiences. One new experience may have many different, potentially relevant elements of similarity with many past experiences.
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Coward, L.A. (2013). Memory and the Organisation of Experience. In: Towards a Theoretical Neuroscience: from Cell Chemistry to Cognition. Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7107-9_9
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