タルビングの"脳-こころ"のシステムとしてのエピソード記憶 : 脳イメージング研究から(人間の記憶に関する学際的パースペクティブ,第24回大会 シンポジウム2)

抄録

Episodic memory is recently evolved, late-developing, more vulnerable than other memory systems to neuronal dysfunction, and the highest-level memory system, probably unique to humans. But, the position of Episode memory has not yet be established in memory theory. Prof. Tulving proposed that the episode memory was becoming able to be once more understood from the viewpoint of "the brain-the mind" system. In this paper, we introduced a series of our brain imaging researches and showed the strong relationships between the hippocampus memory system and human high level cognition. Then, we proposed the hippocampus model of constructive memories: the role of the hippocampus is to bind independent cognitive functions/elements that are important for the should-be-memorized cognitive behavior. This model can explain many excellent features of our human intelligence; its openness to the world, rapid learning/memory, flexibility and other capacities; almost all features of "the brain-the mind" system of Prof. Tulving.