Episodic Memory Essay

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I completely agree with the evolutionary view Klein et al. suggested, that the function of episodic memory is providing information storages of counter-examples of semantic summary, to achieve adaptive decision rules that guide organism’s behaviors.
However, contrary to this argument, I really could not find out any specific episodic memories correspond with this claim. I found most of my episodic memories now I can remember are about non-social, non-human related ones, contrary to evidence suggested by Klein et al. My episodic memories are mostly not about the other people. It is weird but my good memories I naturally remember are about places where I have been, without information about what I did there. They are just about where I was, I

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