The human hippocampus beyond the cognitive map: Evidence from a densely amnesic patient

The human hippocampus beyond the cognitive map: Evidence from a densely amnesic patient

We tested a densely amnesic patient (P9), with bilateral hippocampal damage resulting from an autoimmune disorder, and 12 age- and sex-matched controls on a series of memory tasks designed to characterize allocentric spatial learning and memory abilities. We compared P9’s ability to perform spatial...

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Main Authors: Pamela A Banta Lavenex, Françoise eColombo, Farfalla eRibordy Lambert, Pierre eLavenex
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Amnesia
spatial memory
interference
declarative memory
medial temporal lobe
Memory capacity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00711/full

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