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The hippocampal formation - an examination and integration of spatial and non-spatial functions

Reference	BBS/B/15635
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Simon Killcross
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Mark Good, Professor Robert Honey
Institution	Cardiff University
Department	Sch of Psychology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	262,835
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/2004
End date	29/02/2008
Duration	41 months

Abstract

The hippocampal formation has long been associated with multiple functions, including spatial processing and navigation, the involvement of background or contextual cues in learning, relational and configural problem-solving, and episodic memory in humans. The proposed experimental programme will examine these different functions using cellular systems, and behavioural analyses in rats, together with behavioural and fMRI neuroimaging studies in humans. Neural network models independently developed by the collaborating labs to account for spatial and non-spatial functions will use information from these multiple levels of analysis to generate descriptions of hippocampal processing that will explore the strengths and limitations of spatial and non-spatial characterisation, and potentially generate a unified model of hippocampal function. (Joint with BBS/B/1566X).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Integrative Analysis of Brain and Behaviour (IABB) [2003]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

Associated awards:

BBS/B/1566X The hippocampal formation: An examination and integration of spatial and non-spatial functions

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