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SUBMITTER: Basile BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7439495 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Basile Benjamin M BM Templer Victoria L VL Gazes Regina Paxton RP Hampton Robert R RR
Science advances 20200717 29
The theory that the hippocampus is critical for visual memory and relational cognition has been challenged by discovery of more spared hippocampal tissue than previously reported in H.M., previously unreported extra-hippocampal damage in developmental amnesiacs, and findings that the hippocampus is unnecessary for object-in-context memory in monkeys. These challenges highlight the need for causal tests of hippocampal function in nonhuman primate models. Here, we tested rhesus monkeys on a batter ...[more]