I'll admit it -- I like theory. Most
of my research is driven by cognitive map theory, developed in the
1970s
with John
O'Keefe,
on
foundations laid by Tolman and Hebb, amongst others. Over the years
I have published a number of theoretical papers, often well ahead of
any supporting data. Some of these papers are available as pdfs below.
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Samsonovich, A. & Nadel, L. The
conscious self: Fundamental principles and mechanisms (Cortex,
in press).
Payne, J.D. and Nadel, L. Sleep, dreams and memory consolidation: The
role of the stress hormone cortisol. Learning
and Memory, 11: 671-678, 2004.
Nadel, L. & Piatelli-Palmarini, M. What is cognitive science? In
L. Nadel
(Ed) Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, pp. xiii – xli,
London, Macmillan, 2003.
Payne, J.D., Nadel, L., Britton, W.B. & Jacobs, W.J. The Biopsychology
of Trauma and Memory in Humans, in Reisberg,
D. & Hertel, P. (Eds.),
Memory and Emotion, N.Y.: pp. 76-128, Oxford University Press, 2003.
Nadel, L. & Payne, J.D. The hippocampus, wayfinding, and episodic
memory. In P. Sharp (Ed). The neural basis of navigation: Evidence
from single cell recording. pp. 235-247. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers,
2002.
Nadel, L. & Moscovitch, M. Hippocampal contribution to cortical
plasticity. Neuropharmacology,
37: 431-440, 1998.
Nadel, L. Multiple Memory Systems: What and Why. Journal of Cognitive
Neuroscience 4: 179-188, 1992.
Nadel, L., Willner, J. and Kurz, E.M. The neurobiology of mental representation.
In M. Brand and R.M. Harnish (Eds.) The representation of knowledge
and belief. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1986.
Nadel, L. and Zola-Morgan, S. Infantile amnesia: a neurobiological
perspective. In M. Moscovitch (Ed.) Infant memory. Pp. 145-172, New
York: Plenum Press, 1984.
Nadel, L. and Wexler, K. Neurobiology, representations and memory.
In G. Lynch, J.L. McGaugh and N. Weinberger (Eds.) The neurobiology
of learning and memory. New York: The Guilford Press, 1984.
Squire, L.R., Cohen, N.J. and Nadel, L. The medial temporal region
and memory consolidation: a new hypothesis. In H. Weingartner and E.
Parker (Eds.) Memory consolidation. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, 1984.
Nadel, L. and Willner, J. Context and conditioning: a place for space.
Physiological Psychology 8: 218-228, 1980.
O’Keefe, J. and Nadel, L. Précis of O’Keefe and
Nadel’s The hippocampus as a cognitive map, and Author’s
Response to Commentaries. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2: 487-534,
1979.
Nadel, L. and O’Keefe, J. The hippocampus in pieces and patches:
an essay on modes of explanation in physiological psychology. In
R. Bellairs and E.G. Gray (Eds.) Essays on the nervous system. A
Festschrift
for J.Z. Young. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974.
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