Memory: Recording Experience in Cells and Circuits
Organized by Patricia Goldman-Rakic
February 17-20, 1996
Irvine, CA
Organizing Committee:
P.S. Goldman-Rakic
Allan Baddeley
Eric R. Kandel
Larry R. Squire
Donald L. Price
Saturday, February 18
Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Yale University, Opening Remark
Session One: Psychological Concepts of Short and Long-Term Memory
Alan Baddeley, Bristol University, Chair
Fractionating Short-Term Memory
Alan Baddeley, Bristol University
Accuracy and Distortion in Memory: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
Daniel Schacter, Harvard University
Memory Systems in the Brain and Localization of a Memory
Richard Thompson, University of Southern California
Studies of Retrograde Amnesia
Elizabeth Warrington, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Alan Baddeley, General Discussion/Questions
Session Two: The Neurobiology of Long-Term Memory Systems
Eric Kandel, Columbia University, Chair
Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity
Charles Stevens, Salk Institute
Genes, Synapses and Long-Term Memory
Eric Kandel, Columbia University
Gene Discovery in Drosophila: An Economic Approach to Reveal Molecular Mechanisms of Human Learning and Memory
Tim Tully, Cold Spring Harbor Lab
A Physiological Basis for a Theory of Memory Formation
Mark Bear, Brown University
Eric Kandel, General Discussion/Questions
Monday, February 19
Session Three: The Anatomy of Memory Systems
Larry Squire, University of California, San Diego, Chair
The Hippocampus and the Medical Temporal Lobe Memory System
Larry Squire, University of California, San Diego
The Anatomy of Learning: Cognitive Principles vs. Behavioral Rules
Mortimer Mishkin, NIMH
Two Functional Components of the Hippocampal Memory System
Howard Eichenbaum, SUNY
Involvement of the Amygdala in Memory Storage: Interaction with Other Brain Systems
James McGaugh, University of California, Irvine
Larry Squire, General Discussion/Questions
Session Four: The Neurobiology of Short-Term Memory Networks
Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Yale University, Chair
Yale University Cellular and Circuit and Architecture of Working Memory
Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Yale University
The Interaction of Neural Systems for Attention and Memory
Robert Desimone, NIMH
Dynamic Modulation of Neurons and Networks
Eve Marder, Brandeis University
Hippocampal Ensemble Encoding of Behavioral Events into Memory
Samuel Deadwyler, Wake Forest University
Patricia Goldman-Rakic, General Discussion/Questions
