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Memoria episódica: Las ratas pueden recordar el contexto

Thomas R Zentall¹

¹Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.

Current biology : CB

|February 24, 2026

Resumen

Las ratas demuestran memoria episódica, recordando eventos pasados y su contexto. Este hallazgo desafía la noción de que el viaje mental en el tiempo es exclusivo de los humanos.

Conclusiones:

Los roedores poseen memoria episódica, lo que desafía la visión de esta capacidad como exclusivamente humana.
Este estudio proporciona evidencia de la evolución de sistemas de memoria complejos en diferentes especies.
Investigaciones futuras pueden explorar los mecanismos neuronales subyacentes a la memoria episódica en ratas.

Palabras clave:

memoria episódica memoria en animales viaje mental en el tiempo recuerdo contextual cognición animal

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