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What does the limbic memory circuit actually do?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Michael Gabriel  and
David M. Smith
Michael Gabriel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 {mgabriel; dmsmith}@uiuc.edu
David M. Smith
Affiliation:
Neuroscience Program and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 {mgabriel; dmsmith}@uiuc.edu
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Abstract

We applaud Aggleton & Brown's affirmation of limbic diencephalic-hippocampal interaction as a key memory substrate. However, we do not agree with a thesis of diencephalic-hippocampal strict dedication to episodic memory. Instead, this circuitry supports the production of context-specific patterns of activation that subserve retrieval for a broad class of memory phenomena, including goal-directed instrumental behavior of animals and episodic memory of humans.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 1999 , pp. 451
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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