Abstract

1.
We discuss the problem of finding neuroscientific and psychologically plausible representations of the memories of events and episodes.

2.
In order to do this we need to take into account the neuroanatomical connectivity between the cortex and the hippocampal complex, and also the cognitive psychology of episodic memory.

3.
We then need to develop a model of the cortex and hippocampal complex and to find representations of events that are consistent with biological information-processing constraints.

4.
We conclude that events and episodes can be represented by certain codes which are stored in associative memories. Indexing at the top-level of chunking uses timing information.


For more details, see
Alan H. Bond, "Representing episodic memory in a system-level model of the brain", Neurocomputing, vol. 65-66, pp. 261-273, 2005.
For basic papers on our approach, see
Alan H. Bond. An Information-processing Analysis of the Functional Architecture of the Primate Neocortex, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol 227, pp. 51-79, 2004.
Alan H. Bond. A Computational Model for the Primate Brain based on its Functional Architecture, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol 227, pp. 81-102, 2004.