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16469525

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
The traditional theory of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) memory system asserts that the primate MTL (hippocampus, perirhinal, entorhinal and parahippocampal cortices) is exclusively involved in consolidating declarative memories. However, several recent reports have directly challenged this dogma by arguing that MTL structures also contribute to perception. Controversy remains as many of the behavioural tasks used have confounded memory with perception. We review the evidence here and highlight new studies in humans and macaques that indicate a perceptual role for MTL in the absence of such confounds. We argue that the challenge to MTL memory system theory is substantiated and that the implications are considerable, namely that most psychologists and neuroscientists have held a fundamentally flawed view of how memory is implemented in the brain.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1364-6613
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
100-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-1-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Perirhinal cortical contributions to object perception.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, UK. buckley@psy.ox.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article