The role of the human hippocampus in familiarity-based and recollection-based recognition memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-208

  Wixted, John T ^a   Squire, Larry R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Hippocampus; Recollection

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77956430976     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.04.020     Document Type: Review

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