THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SEPTAL REGION TO MEMORY

Citation
Dy. Voncramon et al., THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SEPTAL REGION TO MEMORY, Neuropsychologia, 31(11), 1993, pp. 1159-1180
Citations number
119
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental",Neurosciences,Psychology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00283932
Volume
31
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1159 - 1180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3932(1993)31:11<1159:TPCOTS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A particularly well-documented, intelligent patient (H.I.) with very s elective, minute, but most likely bilateral damage of the basal forebr ain including the septal region is presented. Though behavioral progre ss was found for a number of areas, she remained deficient, especially in long-term memory. The severest and largely modality-nonspecific de ficits were observed in recall (as opposed to recognition) situations. As a peculiar finding which we would attribute to septal damage, H.I. was mainly affected in tests containing emotional (especially emotion ally negative) stimuli, or certain flavours. While this involvement mi ght have helped her in memorizing material judged as positive, it was of negative influence under other circumstances. The septal area may s erve as an interface contributing a specific combination of emotional flavour and evaluating (feedback)judgement to a larger (septo-hippocam pal-amygdalar) memory and learning processing network.