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Right frontopolar cortex activity correlates with reliability of retrospective rating of confidence in short-term recognition memory performance
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Human memory systems contain self-monitoring mechanisms for evaluating their progress. People can change their learning strategy on the basis of confidence in their performance at that time. However, it has not been fully understood how the brain is engaged in reliable rating of confidence in past recognition memory performance. We measured the brain activity by fMRI while healthy subjects performed a visual short-term recognition memory test and then rated their confidence in their answers as high, middle, or low. As shown previously, their behavioral performance in the confidence rating widely varied; some showed a positive confidence-recognition correlation (i.e., "rate reliably") while others did not. Among brain regions showing greater activity during rating their confidence relative to during a control, non-metamemory task (discriminating brightness of words), only a posterior-dorsal part of the right frontopolar cortex exhibited higher activity as the confidence level better correlated with actual recognition memory performance. These results suggest that activation in the right frontopolar cortex is key to a reliable, retrospective rating of confidence in short-term recognition memory performance.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Yokoyama, O., Miura, N., Watanabe, J., Takemoto, A., Uchida, S., Sugiura, M., Horie, K., Sato, S., Kawashima, R., & Nakamura, K.
- Affiliations
- Tokyo Medical and Dental University (JP)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JP)
- Miyagi University of Education (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Nakamura, Katsuki
- ORCID
- Venue
- Neuroscience Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-11
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 199-206
- ISSN
- 0168-0102 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2040045434
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 52
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- FWCI
- 2.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuroscience Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology
- Tohoku University
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- metamemory, confidence ratings, metacognition, self-monitoring
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Brain Mapping, Discrimination, Psychological, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Photic Stimulation, Recognition, Psychology
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