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Abstract

Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Remembrance of places past: a history of theories of space / Chapter 2 - Spatial behaviour / Chapter 3 - Anatomy / Chapter 4 - Physiology / Chapter 5 - Introduction to the lesion review / Chapter 6 - Exploration / Chapter 7 - Discrimination and maze learning / Chapter 8 - Aversively motivated behaviour / Chapter 9 - Operants: the limited role of the locale system / Chapter 10 - Reactions to reward change / Chapter 11 - Maintenance behaviours / Chapter 12 - Stimulation studies / Chapter 13 - Long-term memory / Chapter 14 - An extension of the theory to humans / Chapter 15 - The amnesic syndrome

Keywords

Cognitive scienceNeuroscienceHippocampusPsychologyCognitionCognitive mapSpatial cognitionCognitive psychology

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Year: 1978
Type: book
Citations: 7925
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                                    John O’Keefe, 
                                
                                    Lynn Nadel
                                
                            (1978). 
                            The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map. 
                            UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona)
                            
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