According to dual process models of recognition memory, patients with selective damage to the hippocampal system should have a selective deficit in the process of recollection only whereas patients with selective damage to the perirhinal system should only demonstrate impaired familiarity. The present project is investigating these predictions in a unique patient with a selective lesion to the left entorhinal cortex.
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The effects of selective lesions within the medial temporal lobes on quantitative and qualitative memory function
According to dual process models of recognition memory, patients with selective damage to the hippocampal system should have a selective deficit in the process of recollection only whereas patients with selective damage to the perirhinal system should only demonstrate impaired familiarity. The present project is investigating these predictions in a unique patient with a selective […]
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Selective lesion to the entorhinal cortex leads to an impairment in familiarity but not recollectionMike Eysenck
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The MTL in recognition memory
Dual-process models of recognition posit that recollection and familiarity are subserved by two separate neuroanatomical systems: the hippocampus and the perirhinal cortex. Some researchers however, argue against this neuroanatomical distinction and suggest that recollection and familiarity reflect high- and low-strength memories processed similarly by an integrated system in the medial temporal lobe (MTL). We are […]