Cortico-Hippocampal Interplay and the Representation of Contexts in the Brain

1. 1 Contexts The principal issue with which this monograph deals is the role of the hippocam­ pus in establishing and using representations of contexts for information processing. However, before this issue can be addressed directly, it is necessary to ask "what is meant by the word ''context'' ?". The first answer which comes to mind is likely to be something along the following lines: "A contex...