Whenever a peripheral structure like the visual system captures information, the input signal
reverberates in circuits of neurons, which send it thereafter towards:(a) the motor system …

The formation of lasting, long-term memory occurs gradually, over time, following learning. A
century ago Mueller and Pilzecker (1900) proposed that the neural processes underlying …

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Learning and memory are among the executive functions attributed to intelligent forms of life.
Unfortunately, there is a lack of clear understanding regarding the underlying mechanisms …

Investigation of the association between memory systems dedicated to the retention of
information over the short or long term has occupied the minds of psychologists for many …

Of all the areas of biological science, there is, perhaps, none that has experienced in recent
decades so great an increase in findings as neurobiology, the discipline that concerns …

The Physiological Basis of Memory, Second Edition reviews many areas of research that
shed light on the physiological basis of memory, from mnemonic function and memory …

From these reflections it appears that memory is a basic attribute of all living things, by which
patterns of sensitivity and response, both inborn and acquired, are retained and …

Largely owing to the relativity theory, time as a physical concept has played an exciting role
in the last half of this century. Less interest has been devoted to time in a biological context …

This review aims to classify and clarify, from a neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and
psychological perspective, different memory models that are currently widespread in the …