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SUBMITTER: Messinger A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1480361 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Messinger Adam A Squire Larry R LR Zola Stuart M SM Albright Thomas D TD
Neuron 20051001 2
Behavioral responses to a sensory stimulus are often guided by associative memories. These associations remain intact even when other factors determine behavior. The substrates of associative memory should therefore be identifiable by neuronal responses that are independent of behavioral choices. We tested this hypothesis using a paired-associates task in which monkeys learned arbitrary associations between pairs of visual stimuli. We examined the activity of neurons in inferior temporal cortex ...[more]