Sharing memories with others is in fact a prime social activity...learned in early childhood, and the result of this learning is the establishment of a store of memories that are shareable and ultimately reviewable by the individual, forming a personal history that has its own value independent of the general memory function of prediction and preparation for future events.

• memory
• personal history
• early childhood development
• learning
• learned behavior
• scripts
• experience
• future
• history
• activity