Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3013, USA.
Behav Brain Res. 2010 Dec 31;215(2):235-43. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.03.005. Epub 2010 Mar 6.
Episodic memory consists of representations of unique past events. It has been argued that episodic memory is grounded in a temporal framework, meaning that we remember when an event occurred. The ability to model the temporal aspects of episodic memory in non-human animals has been challenging and controversial. This article briefly reviews the theoretical perspective in which temporal processing plays a prominent role in episodic memory. Next, the article reviews experimental attempts to identify temporal processes of episodic memory in animals. Recent studies suggest that, at the time of memory assessment, rats remember a unique earlier event, including when it occurred, what happened, and where it took place, referred to as what-where-when memory.
情景记忆由独特过去事件的表象组成。有人认为,情景记忆以时间框架为基础,也就是说我们记得事件发生的时间。在非人类动物中模拟情景记忆的时间方面的能力一直具有挑战性和争议性。本文简要回顾了时间处理在情景记忆中起着重要作用的理论观点。接下来,本文回顾了识别动物情景记忆中时间过程的实验尝试。最近的研究表明,在记忆评估时,大鼠记得一个独特的早期事件,包括它发生的时间、发生的事情和发生的地点,称为何时何地记忆。