Hippocampus: Mapping or memory?
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Abstract
The identification of 'place cells' in the hippocampus has suggested a special role for this brain structure in spatial mapping, but other studies have indicated a more general role in memory. New findings on place cells point the way towards a reconciliation of the mapping and memory views.
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Howard Eichenbaum (2000) studied this question.