Two memory systems
Various disciplines research memory yet understanding of this term remains elusive. This work synthesizes plural perspectives by focusing on the neuroanatomically divided hippocampal-dependent and hippocampal-independent memory. The former is associated with creating a model of the surroundings and designing an action policy based on this representation, which allows for flexible and deliberative action and decision making. The latter is automatic and tied to kinematics of the body schema, which allows for fast habitual repetition of decisions done in the past. The two memory systems work simultaneously and independently, cooperating and competing when controlling behavior. This work highlights computational, neuroscientific, psychological, and philosophical perspectives on the two memory systems.
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