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A Lifetime of Memories: Raymond Kesner’s Contributions of the Attribute Model in Understanding Amnesia

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Extensive research indicates that the hippocampus is crucial for the formation and use of memory in humans. Memory is extremely complex in terms of the kind of information that is represented in the brain, the processes associated with it, and its distribution across a variety of neural systems. While most investigators agree that the hippocampus is an essential neural structure involved in memory, debate remains regarding the exact information the hippocampus processes such as temporal, spatial, sensory (e.g., odors, objects, sounds, etc.), response, reward, linguistic, and relational information. In the context of the Attribute Model of Memory, this chapter will discuss the effects of hippocampal damage on memory in humans based on findings from behavioral and neuroimaging studies.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Naomi J. Goodrich-Hunsaker PhD

  2. Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA

    Naomi J. Goodrich-Hunsaker PhD

  3. Psychology Department and Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, 1022 SWKT, Provo, 84062, UT, USA

    Ramona O. Hopkins PhD

  4. Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA

    Ramona O. Hopkins PhD

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  1. Department of Psychology, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, USA

    Pamela A. Jackson

  2. Department of Cognitive Science, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

    Andrea A. Chiba

  3. Department of Neurological Surgery and Center for Neuroscience, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA

    Robert F. Berman

  4. Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Michael E. Ragozzino

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Goodrich-Hunsaker, N., Hopkins, R. (2016). A Lifetime of Memories: Raymond Kesner’s Contributions of the Attribute Model in Understanding Amnesia. In: Jackson, P., Chiba, A., Berman, R., Ragozzino, M. (eds) The Neurobiological Basis of Memory. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15759-7_6

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