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Chapter 16
The Operation of Memory
Systems in the Brain
Edmund T. Rolls
University of Oxford, Dept. of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford
OX1 3UD, England. www.cns.ox.ac.uk
CONTENTS
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Functions of the hippocampus in long-term memory
16.2.1 Effects of damage to the hippocampus and connected structures
on object-place and episodic memory
16.2.2 Neurophysiology of the hippocampus and connected areas
16.2.3 Hippocampal models
16.2.4 Continuous spatial representations, path integration, and the use
of idiothetic inputs
16.2.5 A unified theory of hippocampal memory: mixed continuous and
discrete attractor networks
16.2.6 The speed of operation of memory networks: the integrate-and-
fire approach
16.3 Short-term memory systems
16.3.1 Prefrontal cortex short-term memory networks, and their relation
to temporal and parietal perceptual networks
16.3.2 Computational details of the model of short-term memory
16.3.3 Computational necessity for a separate, prefrontal cortex, short-
term memory system
16.3.4 Role of prefrontal cortex short-term memory systems in visual
search and attention
16.3.5 Synaptic modification is needed to set up but not to reuse short-
term memory systems
16.4 Invariant visual object recognition
16.5 Visual stimulus-reward association, emotion, and motivation
16.6 Effects of mood on memory and visual processing
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