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Dissociating the neural correlates of item and context memory: an ERP study of face recognition.

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Graham, R; Cabeza, R
Published in: Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale
June 2001

We investigated the neural correlates of item and context retrieval using event-related potentials (ERPs). Participants studied unfamiliar faces with happy or neutral expressions, and at test, they decided whether test faces were studied in the same or in a different expression, or were new. The parietal ERP effect, which is hypothesized to indirectly reflect medial-temporal lobe (MTL) function, was sensitive to item retrieval, whereas the frontal ERP effect, which is thought to reflect prefrontal cortex (PFC) function, was sensitive to context retrieval. Converging with lesion, functional neuroimaging (PET and fMRI), and ERP evidence, these results support the notion that item retrieval is primarily associated with MTL function whereas context retrieval is primarily associated by PFC function.

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Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale

DOI

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1878-7290

ISSN

1196-1961

Publication Date

June 2001

Volume

55

Issue

2

Start / End Page

154 / 161

Related Subject Headings

  • Recognition, Psychology
  • Random Allocation
  • Memory
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Facial Expression
  • Face
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Electroencephalography
 

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Graham, R., & Cabeza, R. (2001). Dissociating the neural correlates of item and context memory: an ERP study of face recognition. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Experimentale, 55(2), 154–161. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0087362
Graham, R., and R. Cabeza. “Dissociating the neural correlates of item and context memory: an ERP study of face recognition.Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Experimentale 55, no. 2 (June 2001): 154–61. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0087362.
Graham R, Cabeza R. Dissociating the neural correlates of item and context memory: an ERP study of face recognition. Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale. 2001 Jun;55(2):154–61.
Graham, R., and R. Cabeza. “Dissociating the neural correlates of item and context memory: an ERP study of face recognition.Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Experimentale, vol. 55, no. 2, June 2001, pp. 154–61. Epmc, doi:10.1037/h0087362.
Graham R, Cabeza R. Dissociating the neural correlates of item and context memory: an ERP study of face recognition. Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale. 2001 Jun;55(2):154–161.

Published In

Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale

DOI

EISSN

1878-7290

ISSN

1196-1961

Publication Date

June 2001

Volume

55

Issue

2

Start / End Page

154 / 161

Related Subject Headings

  • Recognition, Psychology
  • Random Allocation
  • Memory
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Facial Expression
  • Face
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Electroencephalography