Contributions of the hippocampus and perirhinal cortex to memory and perception

对记忆障碍患者（阿尔茨海默病、痴呆症、中风、病毒感染、酗酒或正常衰老）的研究表明，内侧颞叶（MTL）中一组特定的大脑结构对记忆功能至关重要。教科书上对记忆功能的描述是，MTL由几个结构组成，它们共同作为一个“模块”来支持我们的有意识记忆。这个模块被认为是独立于其他大脑功能的。然而，最近的研究表明，MTL的不同结构之间可能存在分工，这些结构可能在感知和记忆中发挥作用。提出的研究旨在发展一个新的理论框架来理解人类健忘症和记忆组织在健康的大脑。这项研究的目的是为了证明，目前将诸如“短期记忆”、“长期记忆”或“感知”等心理标签分配给单个大脑区域的方法是错误的，因为这些整齐分离的认知功能包裹并没有映射到大脑中离散的皮层区域。

Studies of people with memory impairments (from Alzheimer's disease, dementia, stroke, viral infection, alcohol abuse, or normal aging) have shown that a specific set of brain structures in the medial temporal lobe (MTL) is vital for memory function. The textbook account of memory function is that the MTL is made up of several structures that work together as a single "module" to support our conscious memory. This module is thought to be independent of other brain functions. However, recent research suggests that there may be a division of labour between the different structures in the MTL, and that these structures may play a role in perception as well as memory. The proposed research seeks to develop a new theoretical framework for understanding human amnesia and the organization of memory in the healthy brain. This research aims to demonstrate that the current approach of assigning psychological labels, such as "short term memory" "long term memory" or "perception", to individual brain regions is misguided, as these neatly segregated parcels of cognitive function do not map onto discrete cortical areas in the brain.