Eichenbaum, H. & Fortin, N. J. (2005).
Bridging the gap between brain and behavior: Cognitive and neural mechanisms of
episodic memory.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 84, 619-
629.
The notion that non-human animals are capable of episodic memory is highly
controversial. Here, we review recent behavioral work from our laboratory
showing that the fundamental features of episodic memory can be observed in rats
and that, as in humans, this capacity relies on the hippocampus. We also discuss
electrophysiological evidence, from our laboratory and that of others, pointing
to associative and sequential coding in hippocampal cells as potential neural
mechanisms underlying episodic memory.
Key words: episodic memory, hippocampus, recollection, associations, odor
discrimination, digging, rat