Applying Interdisciplinary Innovations to Advance Theories of Social Behavior: Response to Van Dessel and Colleagues

I thank Van Dessel, Gawronski, and De Houwer [ 1 Van Dessel P. et al. Does explaining social behavior require multiple memory systems?. Trends Cogn. Sci. 2019; 23 : 368-369 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (0) Google Scholar ] for their thoughtful response to my opinion article [ 2 Amodio D.M. Social cognition 2.0: an interactive memory systems account. Trends Cogn. Sci. 2019; 23 : 21-33 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (0) Google Scholar ]. However, their core objection, regarding the validity of the multiple systems account of learning and memory, appears misplaced. The contribution of my article was not to propose this broad framework for learning and memory; the memory systems framework was already firmly established as a mainstream view in cognitive psychology and neuroscience [ 3. Gabrieli J.D. Cognitive neuroscience of human memory. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 1998; 49 : 87-115 Crossref PubMed Google Scholar , 4. Henke K. A model for memory systems based on processing modes rather than consciousness. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2010; 11 : 523-532 Crossref PubMed Scopus (298) Google Scholar ]