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Insights on consciousness from taste memory research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2016

Milagros Gallo
Milagros Gallo*
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Department of Psychobiology, Institute of Neurosciences, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18016 Armilla, Granada, Spain. mgallo@ugr.es http://ineurociencias.ugr.es/pages/personal
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Abstract

Taste research in rodents supports the relevance of memory in order to determine the content of consciousness by modifying both taste perception and later action. Associated with this issue is the fact that taste and visual modalities share anatomical circuits traditionally related to conscious memory. This challenges the view of taste memory as a type of non-declarative unconscious memory.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e178
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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