Anco Peeters

Misplacing memories? An enactive approach to the virtual memory palace.

Consciousness and Cognition November 1, 2019 Anco Peeters, Miguel Segundo-Ortin 48 citations

In this paper, we evaluate the pragmatic turn towards embodied, enactive thinking in cognitive science, in the context of recent empirical research on the memory palace technique. The memory palace is a powerful method for remembering yet it faces two problems. First, cognitive scientists are currently unable to clarify its efficacy. Second, the technique faces significant practical challenges...