Despite brain damage, working memory functions - within limits

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 12:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, led by Larry R. Squire, PhD, professor of psychiatry, psychology and neurosciences at UC San Diego and a scientist at the VA San Diego Healthcare System, report that working memory of relational information - where an object is located, for example - remains intact even if key brain structures like the hippocampus are damaged...

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