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Declarative memory, the conscious recollection of past experiences, is known to involve the hippocampus. Now a study of amnesic patients shows that hippocampus-dependent learning can occur in the absence of conscious awareness.
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Eichenbaum, H. Conscious awareness, memory and the hippocampus. Nat Neurosci 2, 775–776 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/12137
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