Memory systems 2018 - Towards a new paradigm.

ABSTRACT: The multiple memory systems theory (MMS) postulates that the brain stores information based on the independent and parallel activity of a number of modules, each with distinct properties, dynamics, and neural basis. Much of the evidence for this theory comes from dissociation studies indicating that damage to restricted brain areas cause selective types of memory deficits. MMS has been the prevalent paradigm in memory research for more than thirty years, even as it has been adjusted several times to accommodate new data. However, recent empirical results indicating that the memory systems are not always dissociable constitute a challenge to fundamental tenets of the current theory because they suggest that representations formed by individual memory systems can contribute to more than one

SUBMITTER: Ferbinteanu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6389412 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature