Neural correlates of memory retrieval during recognition memory and cued recall.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_4F7510673F65
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Neural correlates of memory retrieval during recognition memory and cued recall.
Journal
Neuroimage
Author(s)
Rugg M.D., Fletcher P.C., Allan K., Frith C.D., Frackowiak R.S., Dolan R.J.
ISSN
1053-8119 (Print)
ISSN-L
1053-8119
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1998
Volume
8
Number
3
Pages
262-273
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tPublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Regional brain activity, measured by H215O PET, was investigated during recognition memory and word-stem cued recall of words in order to compare the neural correlates of two components of memory retrieval-effort and success-as a function of task. For each task there was a baseline and two retrieval conditions. In one retrieval condition (zero density), none of the test items corresponded to words encoded in a preceding study phase. Differences in activity between this condition and the baseline were employed to characterize the neural correlates of retrieval effort in each task. In the other retrieval condition (high density), 80% of the test items had been studied previously. Differences in brain activity between this condition and the zero-density condition were taken to represent the neural correlates of successful retrieval. The principal findings concern the right anterior prefrontal cortex, a region demonstrated previously to be active during episodic retrieval. Relative to baseline, this region showed no evidence of activation in the zero-density condition of the recognition task, but did show enhanced activity in the equivalent condition of the cued-recall task. In contrast, relative to the zero-density condition, the high-density condition was associated with increased right prefrontal activity during recognition, but reduced activity during cued recall. It is proposed that the right prefrontal cortex supports cognitive processes that operate on information retrieved in response to a test item and that these processes contribute to the evaluation of whether the information represents an appropriate prior episode.
Keywords
Adult, Brain/physiology, Brain/radionuclide imaging, Brain Mapping, Cerebrovascular Circulation/physiology, Cues, Female, Humans, Male, Memory/physiology, Mental Recall/physiology, Neuropsychological Tests, Prefrontal Cortex/physiology, Prefrontal Cortex/radionuclide imaging, Tomography, Emission-Computed
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