Environmental novelty is signaled by reduction of the hippocampal theta frequency
(2008)
Journal Article
Jeewajee, A., Lever, C., Burton, S., O’Keefe, J., & Burgess, N. (2008). Environmental novelty is signaled by reduction of the hippocampal theta frequency. Hippocampus, 18(4), 340-348. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.20394
The hippocampal formation (HF) plays a key role in novelty detection, but the mechanisms remain unknown. Novelty detection aids the encoding of new information into memory—a process thought to depend on the HF and to be modulated by the theta rhythm... Read More about Environmental novelty is signaled by reduction of the hippocampal theta frequency.