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Entities also require relational coding and binding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2020

Timothy F. Brady
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, CAtimbrady@ucsd.eduhttp://bradylab.ucsd.edu/
Igor S. Utochkin
Affiliation:
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. isutochkin@inbox.ruhttps://www.hse.ru/en/staff/utochkin

Abstract

Although Bastin et al. propose a useful model for thinking about the structure of memory and memory deficits, their distinction between entities and relational encoding is incompatible with data showing that even individual objects – prototypical “entities” – are made up of distinct features which require binding. Thus, “entity” and “relational” brain regions may need to solve fundamentally the same problems.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2020

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