The hippocampus and memory: a comparative and ethological perspective.
During the past year, considerable progress has been made in our understanding of the wide-ranging functions of the hippocampus. Highlights include the development of new tasks with which to assess spatial/topographic memory in humans and monkeys, novel tests of relational memory in rats, and episodic-like memory tasks in birds. In addition, novel theories of hippocampal function have been developed that are notable for their applicability to both humans and animal models.
Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, NY 10003, USA. wendy@cns.nyu.edu
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