An associative analysis of object memory

Robinson, Jasper; Bonardi, Charlotte

Abstract

Different aspects of recognition memory in rodents are commonly assessed using variants of the spontaneous object recognition procedure in which animals explore objects that differ in terms of their novelty, recency, or where they have previously been presented. The present article describes three standard variants of this procedure, and outlines a theory of associative learning, SOP [1] which can offer an explanation of performance on all three types of task. The implications of this for theoretical interpretations of recognition memory and the procedures used to explore it are discussed.

Citation

Robinson, J., & Bonardi, C. (in press). An associative analysis of object memory. Behavioural Brain Research, 285, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.10.046

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 29, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Deposit Date: Aug 2, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 2, 2016
• Journal: Behavioural Brain Research
• Print ISSN: 0166-4328
• Electronic ISSN: 1872-7549
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 285
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.10.046
• Keywords: Associative learning; Discrimination; Object recognition; Pavlovian conditioning; Priming; Recognition memory
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/739748
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432814007116