Topographical knowledge survives hippocampal damage.
Study of a patient with damage to the hippocampus and surrounding neocortex reveals intact topographical knowledge of his childhood environment. New studies of spatial memory in animals are also giving insight into the process by which spatial memory becomes consolidated over time.
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Department of Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK. R.G.M.Morris@ed.ac.uk
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