title: Can we reconcile the declarative memory and spatial navigation views on hippocampal function?
abstract: Some argue that hippocampus supports declarative memory, our capacity to recall facts and events, whereas others view the hippocampus as part of a system dedicated to calculating routes through space, and these two contrasting views are pursued largely independently in current research. Here we offer a perspective on where these views can and cannot be reconciled and update a bridging framework that will improve our understanding of hippocampal function.
authors.affiliation: Boston University, Center for Memory and Brain, 2 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: hbe@bu.edu.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eichenbaum
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Neal J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D065854:Spatial Navigation / Q000502:physiology*