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Mapping the Human Mind
by Jon Hamilton
All Things Considered, National Public Radio
September 4, 2003

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new technology that allow scientists to watch the brain in action. A new kind of MRI scanner is intended to clue researchers and scientists into the mysteries and secrets of memory. Click here for more details.

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Buffalo E.A. , Bellgowan P.S.F., and Martin A. (2006) Distinct roles for medial temporal lobe structures in memory for objects and their locations. Learning and Memory 13:638-643. [PDF]

'Flashbulb memory' theory fades in light of new findings
by Emma Reid
Discovery Channel Canada
February 29, 2000

For years, memories of certain surprising and shocking events - previously referred to as 'flashbulb memory' - were thought to be indexed in the brain in a special way. It was believed that this type of memory would never fade and the vivid accounts associated with those events would be 'preserved' across time. Click here for more details.

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Schmolck H., Buffalo E.A., and Squire L.R. (2000). Memory distortions develop over time: Recollections of the O.J. Simpson trial verdict after 15 and 32 months. Psychological Science 11:39-45. [PDF]

Squire L.R., Schmolck H., and Buffalo E.A. (2001). Memory distortions develop over time: A reply to D.B. Horn. Psychological Science 12:182.