ABSTRACT
In the last chapter I tried to show that sensory experience is completed by an appraisal that results in an impulse to approach the “good” and avoid the “bad” object. This appraisal is registered and revived on encountering a similar situation. Such affective memory is unconscious, the repetition of past unwitting intuitive appraisals which results in newly experiencing an earlier favorable or unfavorable reaction. In contrast, what we usually mean by remembering is the intended or spontaneous recall of something seen, heard, or otherwise sensed. We usually assume that memory is a unitary function. We intend to recall a play or a conversation, and we remember the people involved, their talk, and their actions. We recall the whole scene complete with sights, sounds, and movements. Accordingly, we assume that recall is a single function no matter what modalities are involved. Yet we recall memories in different modalities, and these memory images are as different as the sensory modalities on which they are based.
