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Memory incorporates the abilities to generate, recall, and store active and manipulable representations that are the functional backbone for planning goal-directed behavior, supporting a wide range of cognitive processes such as logical reasoning, learning, and problem-solving. A multidisciplinary approach incorporating both animal models and human subject studies guarantees in-depth investigation of the neuronal substrates and the distributed network of areas that underlies such a pivotal cognitive process.
This symposium aims to present recent findings that provide novel insights into how neuronal populations and complex behavioral tasks in different areas are involved in distinct memory processes. Ceccarelli will discuss how distinct cell types in the macaque prefrontal cortex express mixed temporal coding properties to maintain a choice representation in working memory. Cavezza will talk about the mouse thalamus-hippocampus pathway involvement in multiple-item memory consolidation and how distinct activation patterns are implicated in gender differences in memory capacity. Ramawat will discuss how single neurons in the macaque prefrontal cortex contribute to learning hierarchical relationships between items and how the memory retention and recall of such relationships facilitate logical inference of new relationships during a transitive inference task. Finally, moving into a clinical approach, Costanzo will discuss how core tasks for identifying hippocampus-dependent memory dysfunctions in Down's syndrome children can reveal different memory profiles.
Cognitive deficits that impact such fundamental memory mechanisms are pivotal in disorders such as schizophrenia and Down's syndrome. The symposium can advance the basic and clinical knowledge needed to explore interventions aiming at addressing memory symptoms in such pathologies.
| If you're submitting a poster, would you be interested in giving a blitz talk? | No |
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| If you're submitting a symposium, or a talk that is part of a symposium, is this a junior symposium? | No |
