Ghosh & Gilboa (2014)

What is a memory schema? A historical perspective on current neuroscience literature

Neuropsychologia, 53, 104-114

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Ghosh, V. E., & Gilboa, A. (2014). What is a memory schema? A historical perspective on current neuroscience literature. Neuropsychologia, 53, 104-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.11.010

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Schema Formation Representational Structures

Definition

A memory schema is defined by four necessary features: an associative network structure, a basis in multiple episodes, a lack of unit detail, and adaptability; the multiple-episode basis and loss of detail separate it from an episodic memory of a single event

Schema Application Representational Structures

Definition

A memory schema is an associative knowledge structure abstracted from many episodes, lacking the detail of any one of them and adaptable to new input; this separates it from memory for a single episode and from isolated semantic facts