Bruce D
Department of Psychology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada.
J Hist Neurosci. 2001 Dec;10(3):308-18. doi: 10.1076/jhin.10.3.308.9086.
In his well-known article 'In Search of the Engram' published in 1950, Karl Spencer Lashley summarized his 33 years of research and theory on memory and the brain. He concluded that (1) memories are not localized but are instead distributed within functional areas of the cortex and (2) memory traces are not isolated cortical connections between inputs and outputs. Though not the first time he had expressed such convictions, their reiteration in this article was backed by Lashley's estimable reputation and expressive power and they have taken firm root in the collective knowledge of today's memory and neuropsychological research community.
在1950年发表的著名文章《寻找记忆痕迹》中，卡尔·斯宾塞·拉什利总结了他33年来关于记忆与大脑的研究及理论。他得出结论：（1）记忆并非定位于特定区域，而是分布在皮质的功能区域内；（2）记忆痕迹不是输入与输出之间孤立的皮质连接。尽管这并非他首次表达此类观点，但在这篇文章中的重申因拉什利令人敬重的声誉和表达能力而更具说服力，并且这些观点已在当今记忆与神经心理学研究界的集体认知中深深扎根。
