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Episodic memory has long been considered to be a peculiarly human
phenomena, with the conscious recall of past events beyond the ability
of non-human species. However, recent work has shown that non-human
animals do have a form of memory that resembles episodic memory:
episodic-like memory. In the last two years a number of groups have
advanced our knowledge of this area by developing simple but effective
tasks that allow us to explore animals recollection of past events
including the memory of what happened, where it happened and when it
happened, or in which context it happened. A number of these speakers
are brought together in this symposium to discuss recent experimental
methods in this field as well as findings from these studies about the
neurobiology of episodic memory. For the first time this brings
together work from a number of laboratories whose research has
implications not just for studies of memory mechanisms in animals, but
also for understanding the mechanisms of memory and memory loss in
humans. |
- Ekrem Dere: NMDA
receptors and episodic-like memory in the rodent.
- Mark Good:
Context-dependent
object recognition memory:
assessment of age-related memory impairments in rats and mice.
- Emma Wood: What,
where and which: the role of the hippocampus in context specific
episodic-like memory.
- Madeline Eacott:
Familiarity
and recall in rats: memory for
objects and events.
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