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Theories of Memory and Consciousness

Morris Moscovitch

The Oxford Handbook of Memory May 4, 2000 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195122657.003.0038 (opens in new tab)

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Key findings Argues that consciousness research has regained scientific legitimacy and now plays a central role in cognitive neuroscience, especially in memory research, where distinguishing conscious from non-conscious memory processes and their neural substrates has been a key focus since the 1980s.

Abstract

Abstract Having been banished from scientific investigation for nearly a century, the study of consciousness has made a triumphant return and secured a prominent place in research in cognitive neuroscience. There is no better example of this development than in research on human memory, where issues related to consciousness have been a central concern since the early 1980s. Much of the research has focused on distinguishing among types or aspects of memory that are accompanied by conscious awareness from those that are not, and on identifying the neural substrates that mediate each.