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Research Area B

Sensory representation and memory

Research Area B addresses how sensory information is perceived at the higher cortical level and how its representation leads to the formation of persistent memories, behavioural adaptation and the modification of the sensory percept.

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B1 How do sensory systems interact with the hippocampus in the formation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity and spatial memory? Manahan-Vaughan
B2 Theory of the interplay between sensory cortices and hippocampus in memory formation and retrieval. Cheng
B3 Sensory integration of place and head-direction cells in a virtual environment. Wiskott / Manahan-Vaughan
B4 Memories of a stressful episode: A special role for olfactory cues? Wolf
B5 The Emergence of Perceptual Categories at Forebrain Level. Güntürkün
B6 Does the neural representation of new objects in semantic memory reflect object-related sensory experience? Bellebaum
B8 Integration of sensory and memory processing in the human medial temporal lobe. Suchan