spatial memory
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspatialandmemory
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spatial
adjective
uk/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/us/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
relating to the position, area, and size ...
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memory
noun
uk/ˈmem.ər.i/us/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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(Definition ofspatialandmemoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Repeated stress causes reversable impairments ofspatialmemoryperformance.
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Subject groups did not differ significantly inspatialmemoryscores.
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Repeated stress causes reversible impairments ofspatialmemoryperformance.
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Disconnecting hippocampal projections to the anterior thalamus produces deficits on tests ofspatialmemoryin rats.
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The foregoing suggests thatspatialmemorylargely involves the entire anterior thalamic complex.
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Spatialmemoryimpairments following damage to the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in rhesus monkeys.
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Changes in temperature, humidity, touch and smell also contribute to our spatial awareness andspatialmemory.
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Effects of orbital frontal and anterior cingulated lesions on object andspatialmemoryin rhesus monkeys.
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They also exhibited immature strategies on tasks ofspatialmemoryand spatial working memory.
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There is a remarkable difference between the two papers concerning thespatialmemoryof the mice.
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An investigation into the effects of text representation andspatialmemoryon ability to locate information in a text.
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The similarities between the mammalian and avian hippocampus are not restricted to standard tests of visual andspatialmemoryeither.
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This suggests that not all forms ofspatialmemorydepend on the hippocampus in birds, as they do in mammals.
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This proposal could reconcile the apparently discrepant findings that, in animals, the hippocampus participates inspatialmemory, whereas in humans, it participates in declarative memory.
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We sought to understand the contribution of factors associated withspatialmemoryand the use of strategies to impairments in spatial working memory.
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Further comparative behavioral studies on hippocampal function andspatialmemoryin mammals and reptiles are needed to verify this intriguing possibility.
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Spatialmemoryability was in the low average range; in contrast, verbal memory ability was in the range of moderate to severe disability.
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Tasks included measures of word reading, decoding, phonological awareness, verbal andspatialmemory, rapid naming, semantic fluency, sound discrimination, listening comprehension and non-verbal reasoning.
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This mechanism, applied to the viewpoint-dependent retrieval model, could explain the reaction time data, providing an explanatory model linking cells tospatialmemoryand imagery.
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Taking the example of foraging rodents above, one might predict that an insectivore might do better atspatialmemoryin foraging than a comparably brainsized small primate.
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The evidence adduced includes observations of usage (including gestures), experimental tasks inspatialmemory, dead reckoning, statistical analysis of aggregate results, and a good dose of linguistic analysis.
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Spatialmemoryemerges as a consequence of the integration of successive episodes during an exploration task, and involves associations between different sensory modalities, including vision and olfaction.
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Studies have found that oxytocin improvesspatialmemory.
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