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

ReferenceBBS/B/15635
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Simon Killcross
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Mark Good, Professor Robert Honey
Institution Cardiff University
DepartmentSch of Psychology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 262,835
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/10/2004
End date 29/02/2008
Duration41 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 TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Integrative Analysis of Brain and Behaviour (IABB) [2003]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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