Article contents
What does the limbic memory circuit actually do?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 1999
Abstract
We applaud Aggleton & Brown's affirmation of limbic diencephalic-hippocampal interaction as a key memory substrate. However, we do not agree with a thesis of diencephalic-hippocampal strict dedication to episodic memory. Instead, this circuitry supports the production of context-specific patterns of activation that subserve retrieval for a broad class of memory phenomena, including goal-directed instrumental behavior of animals and episodic memory of humans.
- Type
- Open Peer Commentary
- Information
- Copyright
- © 1999 Cambridge University Press
- 3
- Cited by