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Distinct neural mechanisms for remembering when an event occurred

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Jenkins, Lucas J., Ranganath, Charan·2016·Hippocampus

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Events are often remembered as having occurred in a specific order, but almost nothing is known about how the brain encodes this temporal information. It is commonly assumed that temporal information is encoded via a single mechanism, based either on the temporal context in which the event occurred or inferred from the strength of the memory trace itself. By analyzing time‐dependent changes in activity patterns, we show that the distinctiveness of contextual representations in the hippocampus and anterior and medial prefrontal cortex was associated with accurate recency memory. In contrast, overall activation in the perirhinal and lateral prefrontal cortices predicted whether an object would be judged more recent, regardless of accuracy. These results demonstrate that temporal information was encoded through at least two complementary neural mechanisms. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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  • The amount of change in neural activity patterns across events is associated with memory for temporal order and temporal distance.

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Authors
Jenkins, L. J., & Ranganath, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (US)
  • Department of Psychology University of California 135 Young Hall, One Shields Ave. Davis Davis California 95616
Corresponding author
Jenkins, Lucas J.
Venue
Hippocampus
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-02-25
Volume
26
Issue
5
Pages
554-559
ISSN
  • 1050-9631 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-1063
OpenAlex
W2271423712
Cited by
65
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 5
FWCI
7.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Hippocampus (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (2ROIMH068721, 5F31MH095445)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
temporal memory, order of events, prefrontal cortex, perirhinal cortex, temporal context, memory trace strength, memory encoding
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain, Brain Mapping, Discrimination, Psychological, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Multivariate Analysis, Young Adult

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