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PH.D., University of Michigan
University Professor, Director - Center for Brain and Memory
Office Phone: (617) 353-1426 Fax Number: (617) 353-1414

Howard Eichenbaum

Research Interests

The hippocampus plays a critical role in memory formation, but our understanding of just what the hippocampus does and how it performs its functions are still issues of considerable controversy. To enhance our knowledge about hippocampal function, we are pursuing a combination of neuropsychological studies of the nature of memory loss in animals with damage to the hippocampus and related cortical areas, and we are pursuing electrophysiological recording studies that seek to determine how information is represented by the hippocampus and associated cortical areas.