Sequence learning: what's the hippocampus to do?
The medial temporal lobe is crucial for some forms of memory, but its role in implicit learning has remained in question. A brain imaging study by Schendan et al., in this issue of Neuron, provides direct evidence of medial temporal lobe activation during implicit learning of motor sequences.
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Russell A
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Department of Psychology and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Paul
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