Update on memory systems and processes.
Ideas about how the brain organizes learning and memory have been evolving in recent years, with potentially important ramifications. We review traditional thinking about learning and memory and consider more closely emerging trends from both human and animal research that could lead to profound shifts in how we understand the neural basis of memory.
Nadel
Lynn
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Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. nadel@u.arizona.edu
Hardt
Oliver
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D000818:Animals; D001525:Behavioral Sciences / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D023421:Models, Animal; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology