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trace transformation theory  

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  • Trace Transformation Theory (TTT) "postulates that, with age and experience, detailed, episodic (context-specific) memories are transformed into variants of the original, which lack detail and context specificity, but retain gist and schematic features [...]. In the process, these transformed memories come to be represented in distributed neocortical networks from where they can be recovered without the involvement of the hippocampus. Like MTT [Multiple Trace Theory], TTT maintains that detailed episodic or context-specific memories are always dependent on the hippocampus." (Sekeres et al., 2018, p. 42).

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  • • Moscovitch, M., Cabeza, R., Winocur, G., & Nadel, L. (2016). Episodic memory and beyond: The hippocampus and neocortex in transformation. Annual Review of Psychology, 67, 105–134. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143733

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  • • Sekeres, M. J., Winocur, G., & Moscovitch, M. (2018). The hippocampus and related neocortical structures in memory transformation. Neuroscience Letters, 680, 39‑53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2018.05.006

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  • • Winocur, G., & Moscovitch, M. (2011). Memory transformation and systems consolidation. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 17(05), 766‑780. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617711000683

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  • • Winocur, G., Moscovitch, M., & Bontempi, B. (2010). Memory formation and long-term retention in humans and animals : Convergence towards a transformation account of hippocampal–neocortical interactions. Neuropsychologia, 48(8), 2339‑2356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.04.016

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