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Episodic-Like Memory in Rats: Is It Based on When or How Long Ago?

Roberts, William A., Feeney, Miranda C., MacPherson, Krista, Petter, Mark, McMillan, Neil, Musolino, Evanya·2008·Science

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Recent experiments with rats suggest that they show episodic-like or what-where-when memory for a preferred food found on a radial maze. Although memory for when a salient event occurred suggests that rats can mentally travel in time to a moment in the past, an alternative possibility is that they remember how long ago the food was found. Three groups of rats were tested for memory of previously encountered food. The different groups could use only the cues of when, how long ago, or when + how long ago. Only the cue of how long ago food was encountered was used successfully. These results suggest that episodic-like memory in rats is qualitatively different from human episodic memory.

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Authors: Roberts, W. A., Feeney, M. C., MacPherson, K., Petter, M., McMillan, N., & Musolino, E.
Affiliations: Western University (CA)
Corresponding author: Roberts, William A.
ORCID: Roberts, William A.
McMillan, Neil
Musolino, Evanya
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2008-04-04
Volume: 320
Issue: 5872
Pages: 113-115
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1152709
OpenAlex: W2028961849
Cited by: 191
References: 19
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 7.99
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords: episodic-like memory, rats, temporal memory, spatial memory, radial maze, animal cognition
MeSH terms: Animals, Cues, Male, Memory, Random Allocation, Time Factors, Maze Learning, Rats, Long-Evans, Rats

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