The von Restorff Effect in Amnesia: The Contribution of the Hippocampal System to Novelty-Related Memory Enhancements

@article{Kishiyama2004TheVR,
  title={The von Restorff Effect in Amnesia: The Contribution of the Hippocampal System to Novelty-Related Memory Enhancements},
  author={Mark M. Kishiyama and Andrew P. Yonelinas and Michele M. Lazzara},
  journal={Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience},
  year={2004},
  volume={16},
  pages={15-23}
}
The ability to detect novelty is a characteristic of all mammalian nervous systems (Sokolov, 1963), and it plays a critical role in memory in the sense that items that are novel, or distinctive, are remembered better than those that are less distinct (von Restorff, 1933). Although several brain areas are sensitive to stimulus novelty, it is not yet known which regions play a role in producing novelty-related effects on memory. In the current study, we investigated novelty effects on recognition… 
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