ERIC Number: EJ994141
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 11
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Bridging the Gap between Brain and Behavior: Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Episodic Memory
Eichenbaum, Howard; Fortin, Norbert J.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, v84 n3 p619-629 Nov 2005
The notion that non-human animals are capable of episodic memory is highly controversial. Here, we review recent behavioral work from our laboratory showing that the fundamental features of episodic memory can be observed in rats and that, as in humans, this capacity relies on the hippocampus. We also discuss electrophysiological evidence, from our laboratory and that of others, pointing to associative and sequential coding in hippocampal cells as potential neural mechanisms underlying episodic memory. (Contains 5 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Memory, Word Recognition, Familiarity, Olfactory Perception, Brain, Animals, Animal Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Probability
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Language: English
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