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Published on: May 16, 2017
ネズミのエピソード式記憶:それはいつ,どのくらいの昔に基づいていますか?
William A Roberts1, Miranda C Feeney, Krista Macpherson
1Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C2, Canada. roberts@uwo.ca
まとめ
ネズミは食べ物に関する記憶を示しているが,その発見の時期ではなく,その発見の時期を主に記憶している. これはラットのエピソード式記憶が人間のエピソード式記憶と異なることを示唆している.
科学分野:
- 認知神経科学は,認知神経科学である.
- 動物の行動 動物の行動
背景:
- ネズミはエピソード的な記憶を発揮し,食べ物が何,どこで,いつ見つかったかを思い出す.
- イベントが"いつ"起こったかを思い出す能力は,時間的認知を理解するために不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- ネズミのエピソード式記憶は,出来事の特定の時間またはその出来事から経過した期間を想起することに依存しているかどうかを調査する.
- ネズミの"いつ"と"どのくらい前"の記憶を区別する.
主な方法:
- 3組のネズミは,放射状の迷路の食物位置を記憶するように訓練されました.
- 各グループは,特定の時間的なシグナルに制限された: "いつ"食べ物が遭遇したか",どのくらい前に"それが見つかったか,または両方の組み合わせ.
- 性能は,提供された時間的なシグナルを使用して,食物の位置を想起するラットの能力に基づいて評価されました.
主要な成果:
- ネズミは食物の位置を記憶するために"どのくらい前"のキューをうまく利用することができました.
- ネズミは"いつ"のシグナルだけでは効果的には使えなかった.
- 組み合わせた"いつ+どのくらい前"のシューの効果は限られ",どのくらい前"のコンポーネントに依存することを示唆しました.
結論:
- ネズミのエピソード式記憶は,特定の時間的な文脈ではなく,イベントから経過した時間に基づいているようです.
- これらの発見は,ラットのエピソード式記憶は,人間のエピソード式記憶と質的に異なる可能性があり,特に一時的な記憶に関するものであることを示しています.
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