On the origins of autobiographical memory.

Full Abstract

Tolving argues that one form of explicit memory, autobiographical memory is uniquely human and has no nonhuman animal antecedents. We suggest that a form of memory used by humans and nonhuman animals, dead reckoning, shares a common limbic structure, including the cingulate cortex and hippocampus, and involves similar processes in recognition of self-action. Thus, it may be homologous to, and an antecedent of, autobiographical memory in humans.

Author information

Author/s: Whishaw, Ian Q (IQ); Wallace, Douglas G (DG);

Affiliation: Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alta., Canada T1K 3M4. whishaw(-atsign-)uleth.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Behavioural brain research (Behav Brain Res), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jan; vol 138 (issue 2) : pp 113-9

Dates: Created 2003/01/15; Completed 2003/04/15; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12527442, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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