Allocentric spatial learning by hippocampectomised rats: a further test of the "spatial mapping" and "working memory" theories of hippocampal function.
PubMedPublished 1 November 1986
Richard Morris, J.J. Hagan, J. N. P. Rawlins
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It is concluded that hippocampal lesions severely but partially impair spatial but not visual reference memory and give rise to different patterns impairment in different working-mermory tasks.
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This paper reports a series of three experiments that tested the “spatial-mapping” and “working-memory” theories of hippocampal function. The experimental designs incorporate separate reference- an...
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