Non-spatial learning following posterior parietal or hippocampal lesions.
Posterior parietal, hippocampal, or sham-lesioned rats were tested for the acquisition of a non-monotonic serial learning task. The performance of control rats and those with a posterior parietal lesion was similar, while those with hippocampal damage demonstrated a working memory deficit. The results are integrated with contemporary conceptualizations of hippocampal and posterior parietal cortex involvement in learning and memory for non-spatial tasks.
Compton
D M
DM
Department of Psychology, Georgia College, Milledgeville 31061.
McDaniel
W F
WF
Dietrich
K L
KL
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D013037:Spatial Behavior / Q000502:physiology