How schema and novelty augment memory formation

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-219

  Van Kesteren, Marlieke T R ^a,b   Ruiter, Dirk J ^b   Fernández, Guillén ^a,b   Henson, Richard N ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medial prefrontal cortex; Medial temporal lobe; Memory formation; Novelty; Prediction error; Schema

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NOVELTY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHEMA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEOCORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84859270164     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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