Hypotheses on Mnemonic Information Processing by the Brain
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 27 (3-4), 191-227
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00207458509149767
Abstract
From a neuropsychological point of view, hypotheses are offered on the possible action of the brain in the processing of mnemonic information for long-term storage (or for retrieval of long-term stored information). It is argued that strict relations between damage of circumscribed brain structures and amnesia, as they have been suggested in recent case reports, are questionable for several reasons: Firstly, the involved regions differ between cases; secondly, there is some counter-evidence from other cases in which similar neuronal damage failed to result in lasting amnesic disturbances; thirdly, it is hypothesized that even from circumscribed brain damage it is not justifiable to conclude that the lesioned structure is solely or principally responsible for the observed mnemonic changes, as the brain acts in an integrative way, that is, on the basis of a widespread network of neuronal information processing. on the basis of these and related arguments, hypotheses and models on mnemonic information processing in the intact and in the damaged brain are derived. With these hypotheses even the frequent observation of interindividual differences in mnemonic information processing finds a possible explanation which is in conformity to known anatomical circuits and connections and to principles of neuronal coding.Keywords
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