The role of the hippocampus in retaining relational information across short delays: The importance of memory load

Learning and Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 301-305

  Jeneson, Annette ^a   Mauldin, Kristin N ^b   Hopkins, Ramona O ^c,d   Squire, Larry R ^a,b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79954596333     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.2010711     Document Type: Article

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