The hippocampus: The shock of the new

Authors
Eichenbaum, H
Citation
H. Eichenbaum, The hippocampus: The shock of the new, CURR BIOL, 9(13), 1999, pp. R482-R484
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
13
Year of publication
1999
Pages
R482 - R484
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(19990701)9:13<R482:THTSOT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Recent successes in functional brain imaging have suggested that the hippoc ampus is part of a novelty detection network; but consideration of the avai lable evidence and of the cognitive demands of novelty processing suggests that things are not so simple.