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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Neurosci. 2012 Jun;126(3):371–380. doi: 10.1037/a0028453

TABLE 1.

Description of the memory systems used in the attribute theory as applicable to research into mouse models of disease

Event-Based Knowledge-Based Rule-Based
Encoding
  • Pattern separation

  • Transient representations

  • Selective attention

  • Associated with permanent memory representations

  • Strategy selection

  • Rule maintenance

  • Short term memory

  • Intermediate term memory

  • Perceptual memory

Retrieval
  • Consolidation

  • Long term memory

  • Short term working memory

  • Pattern completion

  • Retrieval based on flexibility and action