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Separating the brain regions involved in recollection and familiarity in recognition memory

Yonelinas, A. P.; Otten, L. J.; Shaw, K. N.; Rugg, M. D.; (2005) Separating the brain regions involved in recollection and familiarity in recognition memory. Journal of Neuroscience , 25 (11) 3002 - 3008. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5295-04.2005. Green open access

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Abstract

The neural substrates of recognition memory retrieval were examined in a functional magnetic resonance imaging study designed to separate activity related to recollection from that related to continuous variations in familiarity. Across a variety of brain regions, the neural signature of recollection was found to be distinct from familiarity, demonstrating that recollection cannot be attributed to familiarity strength. In the prefrontal cortex, an anterior medial region was related to recollection, but lateral regions, including the anterior and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, were related to familiarity. Along the lateral parietal cortex, two functionally distinct regions were also observed: a lateral parietal/temporal region related to recollection and a more superior parietal region involved in familiarity. Similarly, in medial parietal regions, the posterior cingulate was related to recollection, whereas the precuneus was related to familiarity. The hippocampus was related to recollection, but also exhibited an inverse relationship to familiarity-driven recognition confidence. The results indicate that recollection and familiarity rely on different networks of brain regions and provide insights into the functional roles of different regions involved in episodic recognition memory.

Type: Article
Title: Separating the brain regions involved in recollection and familiarity in recognition memory
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5295-04.2005
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5295-04.2005
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright©2005 Society for Neuroscience. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The license allows you to copy, distribute, and transmit the work, as well as adapting it. However, you must attribute the work to the author (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work), and cannot use the work for commercial purposes without prior permission of the author. If you alter or build upon this work, you can distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.
Keywords: cingulate, hippocampus, imaging, memory, parietal, prefrontal, recognition, temporal
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/3257
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