Normal forgetting, impaired acquisition in memory for complex naturalistic scenes by fornix-transected monkeys.

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As part of an earlier experiment three rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) with fornix transection and three normal control monkeys had learned to discriminate among 320 naturalistic complex scenes. The fornix-transected animals had been much slower than the controls to reach criterion in learning this task, but eventually did so. The present experiment measured long-term forgetting of these scenes. Seven weeks after reaching criterion each animal was retested. All animals showed some forgetting ...

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Authors: Gaffan, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Neuropsychologia
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 403-406
• Publication date: 1993-04-01
• DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(93)90163-t
• EISSN: 1873-3514
• ISSN: 0028-3932
• Language: English
• Keywords: Time Factors; Macaca mulatta; Memory Disorders; Animals; Discrimination (Psychology); Memory; Task Performance and Analysis