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Researchers use new method to probe recollections in memory-impaired patients
02-04-2008 · EurekAlert!Neuroscientists continue to debate whether or not long-term memory always depends on a region of the brain called the medial temporal lobe, which contains the brain's memory-processing center, the hippocampus. A new study of brain-damaged patients by researchers at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine readdresses the issue using a new method to elicit more detailed long-term memories.
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