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A new behavioural apparatus to reduce animal numbers in multiple types of spontaneous object recognition paradigms in rats (2012)
Journal Article
Ameen-Ali, K., Eacott, M., & Easton, A. (2012). A new behavioural apparatus to reduce animal numbers in multiple types of spontaneous object recognition paradigms in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 211(1), 66-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.08.006

Standard object recognition procedures assess animals’ memory through their spontaneous exploration of novel objects or novel configurations of objects with other aspects of their environment. Such tasks are widely used in memory research, but also i... Read More about A new behavioural apparatus to reduce animal numbers in multiple types of spontaneous object recognition paradigms in rats.

The episodic nature of episodic-like memories (2012)
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Easton, A., Webster, L., & Eacott, M. (2012). The episodic nature of episodic-like memories. Learning & Memory, 19(4), 146-150. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.025676.112

Studying episodic memory in nonhuman animals has proved difficult because definitions in humans require conscious recollection. Here, we assessed humans’ experience of episodic-like recognition memory tasks that have been used with animals. It was fo... Read More about The episodic nature of episodic-like memories.

A specific role for septohippocampal acetylcholine in memory? (2012)
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Easton, A., Douchamps, V., Eacott, M., & Lever, C. (2012). A specific role for septohippocampal acetylcholine in memory?. Neuropsychologia, 50(13), 3156-3168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.07.022

Acetylcholine has long been implicated in memory, including hippocampal-dependent memory, but the specific role for this neurotransmitter is difficult to identify in human neuropsychology. Here, we review the evidence for a mechanistic model of acety... Read More about A specific role for septohippocampal acetylcholine in memory?.

Cholinergic mechanisms of episodic memory: what specific behavioural tasks can tell us about specific neural mechanisms. (2011)
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Easton, A., & Eacott, M. (2013). Cholinergic mechanisms of episodic memory: what specific behavioural tasks can tell us about specific neural mechanisms. Brain Research Bulletin, 92, 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.09.008

Understanding the neural basis of episodic memory is crucial for understanding how to treat memory loss in normal ageing as well as in disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. However, it is only recently that episodic memory has been able to be reliab... Read More about Cholinergic mechanisms of episodic memory: what specific behavioural tasks can tell us about specific neural mechanisms..

Medial septal cholinergic neurons are necessary for context-place memory but not episodic-like memory (2011)
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Easton, A., Fitchett, A., Eacott, M., & Baxter, M. (2011). Medial septal cholinergic neurons are necessary for context-place memory but not episodic-like memory. Hippocampus, 21(9), 1021-1027. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.20814

Loss of cholinergic cortical input is associated with diseases in which episodic memory impairment is a prominent feature, but the degree to which this neurochemical lesion can account for memory impairment in humans with neurodegenerative diseases r... Read More about Medial septal cholinergic neurons are necessary for context-place memory but not episodic-like memory.

Differential outcomes aid the formation of categorical relationships between stimuli (2011)
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Easton, A., Child, S., & Lopez-Crespo, G. (2011). Differential outcomes aid the formation of categorical relationships between stimuli. Behavioural Brain Research, 222(1), 270-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.036

The differential outcome effect is when learning is enhanced through the application of different outcomes to different conditions of a task. Here we explore whether one difference in learning with differential outcomes is an enhanced categorisation... Read More about Differential outcomes aid the formation of categorical relationships between stimuli.