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complementary learning systems  

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  • Theory according to which the formation and consolidation of memories are based on two interactive complementary systems. One, in the hippocampus, is thought to be responsible for the rapid acquisition of episodic memories, distinct from each other, and dependent on context. The other, in the neocortex, is said to be responsible for the slow and gradual acquisition of the overlapping structure of events, independent of context.

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  • • McClelland, J. L., McNaughton, B. L., & O’Reilly, R. C. (1995). Why there are complementary learning systems in the hippocampus and neocortex: Insights from the successes and failures of connectionist models of learning and memory. Psychological Review, 102(3), 419–457. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.102.3.419

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  • • O’Reilly, R. C., Bhattacharyya, R., Howard, M. D., & Ketz, N. (2014). Complementary learning systems. Cognitive Science, 38(6), 1229–1248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01214.x

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  • Frank Arnould

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