Representing episodic memory in a system-level model of the brain

We discuss the problem of finding neuroscientific and psychologically plausible representations of the memories of events and episodes. In order to do this we need to take into account the neuroanatomical connectivity between the cortex and the hippocampal complex, and also the cognitive psychology of episodic memory. We then need to develop a model of the cortex and hippocampal complex and to find representations of events that are consistent with biological information-processing constraints. We conclude that events and episodes can be represented by certain codes which are stored in associative memories.