Talk:Memory consolidation

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Editor's Note's
Editor (Scott)'s note: Below is a list of changes I will be making over the next 2 weeks:

History Rewrite the history section so that there is more of a focus on psychology rather than the philosophical ideas. Also expand section on Muller and Pilzecker [1] to talk about the beginnings of the study of memory consolidation. Mention the progress the area has made since the hypothesis was presented 100 years ago.

H.M. Create a section regarding the case study of H.M. using the Milner article [9] as this relates to much of the early understanding of the role of the hippocampus in the consolidation of new memories.

Decalarative vs Non-Declarative Create a section to discuss the distinction between declarative and non-declarative memory consolidation using the Squire article on mechanisms of memory [14]. May want to lump this is with the episodic vs semantic section already in the article. Multiple Trace Theory Significantly expand the section on the multiple trace theory in order to include information from Nadel article [15] which is an alternative to the standard model and in fact believes that the standard model does not go far enough in stressing the importance of the hippocampus in the retention of memory.

Emotional and Stressful memories Discuss role of the amygdala in consolidation emotional memories [7][15] as well as the role of adrenal stress hormones in the formation of lasting memories in the brain [2].

fMRI Studies Discuss recent results from fMRI studies that lend support to theories of memory consolidation in humans [12].

Sleep Expand section on sleep to include information for Vertes article [13] as well as recent studies regarding the role of dreams in task learning [5].

Medial Temporal Lobe Create a section to discuss structures in the medial temporal lobe which have been strongly implicated in memory consolidation in the past [11]. This includes the hippocampus and nearby structures. Discuss the role that damage plays in amnesic effects as well as the results of lesion studies that have looked to see if this is where memory is stored. ScottAndrewsUWO (talk) 03:18, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Editor (James)'s note:

A section from reconsolidation (Distinctions from Consolidation) was the only part of this project adapted from the original memory consolidation page and should not be taken into account as part of this groups original work.

It was the only decent section of the original page, both clear and brief and seems wasteful to rewrite just because we're doing this as a class project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.119.235.189  (talk • contribs)   02:05, 28 March 2009

Matthew Wilson/MIT, neuronal mapping during (1) rat dreams and (2) memory replay
Please review the following short articles to add a different perspective:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/dreaming.html

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/rats-0831.html

These are not abstracts but news of important and unique findings.

The neuronal mapping, if I remember correctly, is by multiple single-neuron size electronic probes.

It should be a simple task to find original article or abstract from "Neuron" if you want more detail information.

The first work is from 2001, the second from 2009, and is relevant to your article.

But I don't see any mention in your article about the method or the conclusions.

Thank you. 1.!9&#39;h5 (talk) 08:17, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Unclear - too much jargon
This article has the basis of some useful information but a lot of it is very unclear. I found several sections hard to understand - and I say that as a psychology teaching midway through a PhD into memory. For example, the parts about long-term memory and LTP make statements about how long a memory has to be to count as long-term, without any clear definition or research basis for these. Seems arbitrary and confusing, so I can't imagine it is accessible at present to the general reader. I don't mean to critcise the work that has gone in, but it doesn't yet read like an encyclopaedia article. Neezes (talk) 16:10, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Wrong Multiple Trace Theory?
It seems to me that the article linked to in the Multiple trace theory section (Multiple trace theory) is about a different and older theory by the same name. If so, then perhaps it would be a good idea to create a stub page for Multiple trace theory of systems consolidation and a disambiguation page. (Or just remove the reference from this page.) Nasorenga (talk) 20:31, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Proposed Additions to this Article
Hello! I was going to add the following pieces to this article: Under the heading "Spacing Effect" I want to add some of the studies that have been done that support the Spacing Effect. Specifically, Smith and Rothkopf 1984 study and in the 1982 study done by Reder and Anderson. I think that the application and background of the spacing effect would help readers understand what it is and how we came to know about it. My additions will be in layman's terms and will hopefully chop up some of the jargon in this section.

Under the heading "Memory Reconsolidation" I feel like the cases for reconsolidation and the use of drugs to inhibit the process were not fairly represented and the article has an obvious slant that maybe is valid, but maybe is not as we move forward with research. I'm going to add more information about Nadar's study in 2000 and some information about Brunet's 2008 study on memory reconsolidation in PTSD patients. Like my proposed additions to the spacing effect heading, I think this addition will balance the article and help lay people understand what we're talking about here while providing some needed context and practical application.

If you disagree or if these additions do more harm than good to Wikipedia and the readers, you may delete or edit them as you see fit. I will harbor no hard feelings or offense. Thanks for the opportunity to work with you all! -caraminfu — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caraminfu (talk • contribs) 01:31, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Feedback about Article
Overall, this seems to be a very informative article that focuses more on the neurobiological side of consolidation than the psychological. The language and technical terms used make it difficult to understand so more explanation in layman terms may be useful for the average person to read it. The article is very deeply rooted in research which helps to increase the validity of the information being presented. However, there are a few sources that may need to be updated as they are quite old. I hope this is helpful Lowt2 (talk) 00:19, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Organization
I would suggest organizing this article so that the sub-topics being discussed are building on each other, that way when readers who do not know anything about this subject are viewing it, they can have the information build on itself. Otherwise, this article is very good and very informative! --Kellynfenton (talk) 23:41, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Memory Trace
Something that I noticed is that there is a link called memory trace that leads to a page/article that no longer exists. I think the two pictures included in the article help increase understanding, and that adding one or two more would make this article great. Other than that I found this article to be informative and helpful in better understanding memory consolidation. Kaylamortensen (talk) 05:07, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

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