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A commentary of Jens Brockmeier’s paper “Remapping memory” (2010) is presented. Also, a number of relations to previous commentaries about the same paper are presented. First, we agree with Brockmeier and Haye with respect to the artificial and useless separation of memory and other psychological functions. On the other hand, five implicit assumptions of the archive model, criticized by Brockmeier, are presented. These assumptions are considered to raise the issue of the need to incorporate a more complex relation of past, present and future, in order to have a better understanding of memory phenomena. The importance of this relation is developed in relation to both collective memory and history teaching, and also in relation to autobiographical memory.

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autobiographical memory collective memory history teaching memory transmission models of memory

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Commentary on Brockmeier’s remapping memory: The relation between past,present and future as a metaphor of memory

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