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Thalamic amnesia and the hippocampus: Unresolved questions and an alternative candidate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Robert G. Mair ,
Joshua A. Burk ,
M. Christine Porter  and
Jessica E. Ley
Robert G. Mair
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 {rgm; jaburk; mcporter; jeley}@christa.unh.edu
Joshua A. Burk
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 {rgm; jaburk; mcporter; jeley}@christa.unh.edu
M. Christine Porter
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 {rgm; jaburk; mcporter; jeley}@christa.unh.edu
Jessica E. Ley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 {rgm; jaburk; mcporter; jeley}@christa.unh.edu
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Abstract

Aggleton & Brown have built a convincing case that hippocampus-related circuits may be involved in thalamic amnesia. It remains to be established, however, that their model represents a distinct neurological system, that the distinction between recall and familiarity captures the roles of these pathways in episodic memory, or that there are no other systems that contribute to the signs of amnesia associated with thalamic disease.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 1999 , pp. 458 - 459
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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