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Remembered events are unexpected

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2018

Jean-Louis Dessalles*
Affiliation:
LTCI, Telecom ParisTech, Universite Paris-Saclay, F-75013 Paris, France. dessalles@telecom-paristech.frwww.dessalles.fr

Abstract

We remember a small proportion of our experiences as events. Are these events selected because they are useful and can be proven true, or rather because they are unexpected?

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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