Alcino Silva, “Learning and Memory” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Are the Neons in the Hippocampus?
If we have a slight handicap for one thing, another part of the brain makes up for it. So when lashley was making very small lesions, or sometimes larger lesions of the brain, the animals were able to use other brain regions and compensate. But what we know now is that there are certain parts of the brain that are really critical for specific types of information. If you think of all conversation, you will think of the belovede gonthe building. You'll see many cortical areas active because i would be looking at landmarks that tell my brain what i am. See? It's adaptive to know that this took place in thet other building in case you need this information,
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