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6Feb

Workshop: "Episodic Memory: Functions Across Contexts"

Hosted by the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences (CPNSS)
In person at LAK 2.06, Lakatos Building, London, WC2A 2AE United Kingdom and online via Zoom.
Friday 6 February 2026 10am - 5.30pm

Join our workshop "Episodic Memory: Functions Across Contexts"

As part of the UKRI grant project “” led by Ali Boyle, this workshop will bring together leading researchers to elucidate the functions of episodic memory by examining its evolutionary origins, its interactions with other memory systems, and its possible context-dependent roles, among other topics.

Programme

10:10 - Welcome

10:15 - Sara Aronowitz (University of Toronto): Spatial Structure and Conceptual Structure in Memory

11: 15 - Marta Caravà: Episodic Memory Function(s): Insights from Forgetting

12: 15 - Lunch break

14:00 - Sen Cheng (RUB): Directive Functions of Episodic Memory - A Computational Modeling Perspective

15:00 - Maria Tello-Ramos (University of Hull): Hummingbirds Foraging Through Space and Time

16:00 - Coffee break

16:30 - Muhammad Ali Khalidi (CUNY): Episodic Memory and Joint Agency

17:30 - Carl Craver (WUSTL): Episodic Memory and Friendship


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