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Science 19 January 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5810, p. 312
DOI: 10.1126/science.315.5810.312
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NEUROBIOLOGY:
A Surprising Connection Between Memory and Imagination

Greg Miller

According to a new study, people with amnesia caused by damage to the hippocampus, a brain region intimately tied to memory, have difficulty envisioning commonplace scenarios they might reasonably expect to encounter in the future. The findings challenge long-held views about the function of the hippocampus and the nature of memory. (Read more.)

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