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The hippocampus and memory: a comparative and ethological perspective
1Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, NY 10003, USA. wendy@cns.nyu.edu
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
|March 10, 2001
Abstract:
During the past year, considerable progress has been made in our understanding of the wide-ranging functions of the hippocampus. Highlights include the development of new tasks with which to assess spatial/topographic memory in humans and monkeys, novel tests of relational memory in rats, and episodic-like memory tasks in birds. In addition, novel theories of hippocampal function have been developed that are notable for their applicability to both humans and animal models.