[Controversial problems in memory investigation].

V I Arkhipov

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[Controversial problems in memory investigation].

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A minireview of some questions raised in experimental studies of memory. The problems of the functional significance of long-term potentiation, the hippocampus as a cognitive map, selective attention and the neuronal theta rhythm in the hippocampus and others are discussed on the basis of O.S. Vinogradova's works.

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