What are memories for? Functions of recall in cognition and culture

Memory in Mind and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-28

  Boyer, Pascal ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511626999.002     Document Type: Chapter

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