Episodic-Like Memory in Rats: Is It Based on When or How Long Ago?

by: William A Roberts, Miranda C Feeney, Krista Macpherson, Mark Petter, Neil Mcmillan, Evanya Musolino

Science, Vol. 320, No. 5872. (4 April 2008), pp. 113-115.

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Abstract

Recent experiments with rats suggest that they show episodic-like or what-where-when memory for a preferred food found on a radial maze. Although memory for when a salient event occurred suggests that rats can mentally travel in time to a moment in the past, an alternative possibility is that they remember how long ago the food was found. Three groups of rats were tested for memory of previously encountered food. The different groups could use only the cues of when, how long ago, or when + how long ago. Only the cue of how long ago food was encountered was used successfully. These results suggest that episodic-like memory in rats is qualitatively different from human episodic memory. 10.1126/science.1152709

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2629120 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2629120 TI - Episodic-Like Memory in Rats: Is It Based on When or How Long Ago? JF - Science VL - 320 IS - 5872 SP - 113 EP - 115 N2 - Recent experiments with rats suggest that they show episodic-like or what-where-when memory for a preferred food found on a radial maze. Although memory for when a salient event occurred suggests that rats can mentally travel in time to a moment in the past, an alternative possibility is that they remember how long ago the food was found. Three groups of rats were tested for memory of previously encountered food. The different groups could use only the cues of when, how long ago, or when + how long ago. Only the cue of how long ago food was encountered was used successfully. These results suggest that episodic-like memory in rats is qualitatively different from human episodic memory. 10.1126/science.1152709 KW - behavior KW - memory KW - rats KW - time AU - Roberts, William AU - Feeney, Miranda AU - Macpherson, Krista AU - Petter, Mark AU - Mcmillan, Neil AU - Musolino, Evanya PY - 2008/04/04/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1152709 ER -

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