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At the University of Otago, memory mechanisms of the brain are investigated through neurophysiological study of responses of cortical cells, pharmacological study of cholinergic, monoaminergic and glutamatergic systems, biochemical studies of protein synthesis and gene expression, and anatomical studies of nervous system pathways. Memory processes are documented through psychological studies of encoding and retrieval, development, delayed discrimination, neurological deficit, and cognition, and modelled in terms of decision processes, information processing, and connectionist models. Memory research is applied to situations of cholinergic system disruption, neurological deficit, head injury, eyewitness testimony, aging, skilled performance, and individual learning.
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