Episodic Memory: Rats Master Multiple Memories
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A new study in which rats had to discriminate odors according to whether they were novel for a particular environmental context has found that they can accurately discriminate a large number of odors and multiple context transitions, suggesting that they are able to form and remember multiple episodic memories.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 26 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016