The spontaneous recognition task for assessing spatial pattern separation and memory across a delay in rats and mice

Amy C. Reichelt, Cecilia P. Kramar, Olivia R. Ghosh-Swaby, Paul A. S. Sheppard, Brianne A. Kent, Pedro Bekinschtein, Lisa M. Saksida, Timothy J. Bussey

Published: 2021-11-04 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-021-00627-w

Spatial Pattern Separation

Spontaneous Recognition

Memory Assessment

Rodent Behavior

Neuropsychiatric Disorders

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Keeping similar memories distinct from one another is a critical cognitive process without which we would have difficulty functioning in everyday life. Memories are thought to be kept distinct through the computational mechanism of pattern separation, whi
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