Animal Memory: Rats Bind Event Details into Episodic Memories
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A recent study shows that rats remember multiple details of an event in a way that suggests those details are bound into episodic memories that the rats use when faced with a foraging task.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014