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FornixWorking memoryHippocampal formationTask (project management)CognitionImpaired memoryCognitive psychologySpatial memoryPsychologyCognitive mapHippocampusMemory impairmentNeuroscienceAmnesia
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- 1980
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- article
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 239-246
- Citations
- 226
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David S. Olton,
James T. Becker,
Gail E. Handelmann
(1980).
Hippocampal function: Working memory or cognitive mapping?.
Physiological Psychology
, 8
(2)
, 239-246.
https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03332855
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- 10.3758/bf03332855