RE: Hippocampus Article

[Cheri Budzynski]

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Rodriguez, F.; Lopez, J. C.; Vargas, J. P.; Broglio, C.; Gomez, Y.; Salas, C. (2002). Spatial memory and hippocampal pallium through vertebrate evolution: Insights from reptiles and teleost fish. Brain Research Bulletin. Vol 57(3-4), Feb-Mar 2002, 499-505.

 

Your best bet is to look at the works of David Sherry, Nicky Clayton, and Vern Bingman who have examined the role of the hippocampus in spatial memory in different bird species. See below:

 

Sherry, D. F. (1997). Cross-species comparisons. In G.R. Bock & G. Cardew (eds.) Characterizing human psychological adaptations, pp. 181 -194. Chichester, New York : J. Wiley & Sons.

 

Abstract: Comparisons between closely related species that differ in a cognitive or neural character, and comparisons between distantly related species that share a cognitive or neural character, can be used to identify adaptations. Recent research has identified adaptive modifications of memory and the hippocampus that have evolved convergently in 2 clades of food-storing birds, the chickadees and tits (Paridae), and the jays and nutcrackers (Corvidae). Similar modifications of the hippocampus occur in other groups of animals, such as the cowbird brood parasites, in which there has been selection for spatial memory. Three general patterns that emerge from the comparative study of animal cognition provide a framework for research on human psychological adaptations: the existence of both specialized and general cognitive capacities; a clear relation between specialized capacities and specific selective pressures; and evolutionary change in the relative size of brain areas with cognitive functions 

 

Cheri

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From: ROBERT FLINT@FACULTY@MATHSCIENCE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:48 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Hippocampus Article

I'm looking for a good article that reviews and provides an evolutionary perspective of the hippocampus and behavior/memory. Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

 

Rob Flint

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Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

The College of Saint Rose

Albany, NY  12203

 

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