Keywords:
Memory, narrative identity, memory enhancement, human identity, neuroethicsAbstract
In this paper we will defend a new understanding of memory based on the latest neuroscientific research. Then we will expose and elaborate a proposal to understand narrativity -which has usually been considered a certain type of identity, narrative identity- as an antique memory enhancer. To prove our point, we will explain how narrativity reinforces memory, and we will compare narrativity to other memory enhancers
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