Hippocampal Place Fields: Relevance to Learning and Memory

ISBN-13: 9780195323245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 432 str.

Sheri A. Mizumori; Sheri Jane Mizumori

Opis

Data from neuropsychological and animal research suggest that the hippocampus plays a pivotal role in two relatively different areas: active navigation, as well as episodic learning and memory. Recent studies have attempted to bridge these disparate accounts of hippocampal function by emphasizing the role that hippocampal place cells may play in processing the spatial contextual information that defines situations in which learned behaviors occur. A number of established laboratories are currently offering complementary interpretations of place fields, and this book will present the first common platform for them. Bringing together research from behavioral, genetic, physiological, computational, and neural-systems perspectives will provide a thorough understanding of the extent to which studying place-field properties has informed our understanding of the neural mechanisms of hippocampus-dependent memory. Hippocampal Place Fields: Relevance to Learning and Memory will serve as a valuable reference for everyone interested in hippocampal function.

Recenzje

This book combines theory and research quite nicely. The editor and contributers are the movers and shakers in the field and they have created a book which stands alone, given its depth and breadth. This book belongs in the libraries of those interested in cognitive neuroscience.