Recent advances in techniques available to memory researchers have led to a rapid expansion in the field of cognitive neuroscience of memory‎.‎ This book provides accessible coverage of four key areas of recent advance‎,‎ including research on functional imaging‎,‎ electrophysiological and lesion studies‎,‎ and developments from the computational modelling approach‎.‎ The first section reviews functional imaging studies in humans‎,‎ with particular emphasis on how imaging methods have clarified the cortical areas involved in memory formation and retrieval‎.‎ The second section describes electrophysiological and lesion research in monkeys‎,‎ where lesion and disconnection studies are rapidly adding to our knowledge of both information processing and modulatory aspects of memory formation‎.‎ In the third section‎,‎ electrophysiological and lesion studies in rats are reviewed allowing for a detailed study of the role of novelty and exploration in memory formation‎.‎ The final section reviews current research in computational modelling which h‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎