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Hierarchies and Human Memory

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Hierarchies in Neurology

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A perusal of Hughlings Jackson’s bibliography reveals that he never wrote a paper specifically on memory. However, the concept of hierarchies has played an interesting and important role in recent theorising about human memory and amnesia.

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Baddeley, A. (1989). Hierarchies and Human Memory. In: Kennard, C., Swash, M. (eds) Hierarchies in Neurology. Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3147-2_7

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