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Comment
. 2019 Jul-Oct;10(4):237-240.
doi: 10.1080/17588928.2019.1651709. Epub 2019 Aug 9.

Response to commentaries on our review of Fast Mapping in adults

Elisa Cooper  1 , Andrea Greve  1 , Richard N Henson  1   2
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Comment

Response to commentaries on our review of Fast Mapping in adults

Elisa Cooper et al. Cogn Neurosci. 2019 Jul-Oct.

Abstract

We thank all the commentators for their thoughts on our review of Fast Mapping (FM) in adults, where we questioned the evidence that FM is a distinct learning mechanism, and urged caution over the excitement generated by the original report of FM in adults with amnesia using the fast mapping paradigm (FMP) . While some commentators remain convinced that there is good evidence to support a FM process in adults, most reported a skepticism similar to ours. Here we respond to the main comments, and clarify some of the terms of debate.

Keywords: Episodic Encoding; Fast Mapping; Hippocampus; learning; memory.

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