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. 2025 Jan;35(1):e23656.
doi: 10.1002/hipo.23656.

Some Memories of Stalking the Seahorse

Lynn Nadel  1
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Some Memories of Stalking the Seahorse

Lynn Nadel. Hippocampus. 2025 Jan.

Abstract

Early influences that led to the development of the cognitive map theory of hippocampal function, and the multiple trace theory, are discussed. Some details are provided, many are left out.

Keywords: cognitive maps; hippocampus; multiple memory trace theory.

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