Pattern separation in the hippocampus

How might the hippocampus work? is one of the most intensively pursued questions in neuroscience. This narrated video is the first of a double-header from hippocampal guru Craig Stark, and it explores the computation of pattern separation, a mechanism believed by many to be at the heart of hippocampal encoding of information into long-term memory, LTM. For more info/content, please visit: postlab.psych.wisc.edu/cog-neuro-comp/ Relevant paper: Squire, L. R., Stark, C. E., & Clark, R. E. (2004). The medial temporal lobe. Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 27, 279-306.