The power of episodic memories is that they bring a past moment into the present, providing
opportunities for us to recall details of the experiences, reframe or update the memory, and …

Prominent models of human long-term memory distinguish between memory systems on the
basis of whether learning and retrieval occur consciously or unconsciously. Episodic …

Amnesic patients have a well established deficit in remembering their past experiences.
Surprisingly, however, the question as to whether such patients can imagine new …

With time and experience, memories undergo a process of reorganization that involves
different neuronal networks, known as systems consolidation. The traditional view, as …

Associative recognition and recall depend on structures in the medial temporal lobes
(MTLs). There is disagreement about whether associative memory is functionally …

It has been well established that the hippocampus plays a pivotal role in explicit long-term
recognition memory. However, findings from amnesia, lesion and recording studies with non …

There is currently an intense debate about the nature of recognition memory and about the
roles of medial temporal lobe subregions in recognition memory processes. At a larger level …

The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is one of the few regions of the mammalian brain
where new neurons are generated throughout adulthood. This adult neurogenesis has been …

Studies in rats and non-human primates suggest that medial temporal lobe (MTL) structures
play a role in perceptual processing, with the hippocampus necessary for spatial …

Since discovery of the importance of the hippocampus for normal memory, considerable
research has endeavored to characterize the precise role played by the hippocampus …