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consciousness ↔ recall

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Consciousness and recall are linked as components of motivational control, where consciousness facilitates memory encoding and the tagging of information for later recall as described in [1] and [2].

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The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Frontiers in Psychology 2 facts
claimEmpirical evidence suggests consciousness plays a role in both memory tagging for recall and the modulation of motivational states, as supported by research from La Bar and Cabeza (2006) and Buchanan (2007).
perspectiveThe author proposes that relying on a combination of consciousness and memory is one way motivational control operates, and this combination is adaptive for at least some subset of brain functions involving memory encoding and recall.