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Episodic memory: It's about time (and space)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Lynn Nadel ,
Lee Ryan ,
Katrina Keil  and
Karen Putnam
Lynn Nadel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 {nadel; ryant; keil; kputnam}@u.arizona.edu
Lee Ryan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 {nadel; ryant; keil; kputnam}@u.arizona.edu
Katrina Keil
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 {nadel; ryant; keil; kputnam}@u.arizona.edu
Karen Putnam
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 {nadel; ryant; keil; kputnam}@u.arizona.edu
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Abstract

Aggleton & Brown rightly point out the shortcomings of the medial temporal lobe hypothesis as an approach to anterograde amnesia. Their broader perspective is a necessary corrective, and one hopes it will be taken very seriously. Although they correctly note the dangers of conflating recognition and recall, they themselves make a similar mistake in discussing familiarity; we suggest an alternative approach. We also discuss implications of their view for an analysis of retrograde amnesia. The notion that there are two routes by which the hippocampus can reactivate neuronal ensembles in the neocortex could help us understand some currently puzzling facts about the dynamics of memory consolidation.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 1999 , pp. 463 - 464
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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