Connectionists: papers on models of the hippocampus

[M@meeter.nl]

Connectionists may be interested in the following four papers on the
hippocampus and memory. Of all papers final drafts are available at
 www.cs.vu.nl/~cogsci/cogpsy/meeter.


* Meeter, M., Talamini, L.M. & Murre, J.M.J. (2004). Mode shifting between
storage and recall based on novelty detection in oscillating hippocampal
circuits. Hippocampus, 14, 722-741.
Presents a relatively low-level model of the hippocampus. Building on
ideas of Hasselmo, effects of novelty and Acetylcholine (ACh) are
explored. In particular, the model shows that the relatively slow time
course of ACh's effects in the hippocampus are consistent with the time
scale of learning.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/107633281/PDFSTART

* Meeter, M. Talamini, L.M., Schmitt, J.A.J., & Riedel, W.J. (in press).
Effects of 5-HT on memory and the hippocampus: model and data.
Neuropsychopharmacology.
The model of Meeter et al. (2004) applied to serotonin's effects on memory.
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~cogsci/cogpsy/meeter/p_publications_files/meeteretal-npp-web-jul05.pdf

* Talamini, L.M., Meeter, M., Murre, J.M.J., Elvevag, B. & Goldberg, T.E.
(2005). Reduced parahippocampal connectivity produces schizophrenia-like
deficits in simulated neural circuits with reduced parahippocampal
connectivity. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 485-493.
A more abstract model of the medial temporal lobe and episodic memory is
presented. The model suggests that abnormalities in entorhinal
connectivity may cause the episodic memory deficits seen in schizophrenia
(the rather silly title was a last-minute "improvement" by the journal).
http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/62/5/485

* Meeter, M., Myers, C.E., & Gluck, M.A. (2005). Integrating incremental
learning and episodic memory models of the hippocampal region.
Psychological Review, 112, 560-585.
Theories of episodic memory and of incremental learning make mutually
exclusive claims on the hippocampus. We present a model of the medial
temporal lobe that reconciles these claims, and incorporates a new theory
of familiarity.
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~cogsci/cogpsy/meeter/p_publications_files/meeteretal-psychrev-web-dec04.pdf


Best,
Martijn Meeter

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 Dr. M. Meeter
 Dept. of Cognitive Psychology
 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
 The Netherlands
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