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Animal Models of Episodic Memory? Charan Ranganath Center for Neuroscience and Dept of Psychology, UC Davis Visit us on the web at: http://dml.ucdavis.edu Center for Neuroscience UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
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Levels of analysis Conscious Experience (Subjective Report) Neural Substrates (lesion effects) Neural Correlates (physiology/imaging) Functional Characteristics (effects of behavioral manipulations) Episodic Memory
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Levels of analysis Conscious Experience (Subjective Report) Information: Who, What, When Where Memory Constructs Confidence
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Issues for discussion (or caution) Homologies in tasks: –Do humans, rats, and monkeys do task the same way? –Materials: words = odors/locations = objects? –Does extensive training change way memory tasks are performed? Homologies in brain structures: Prefrontal cortex Influence of “non-memory” processes Connection with pharmacology research (which often focuses on plasticity/consolidation)?
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