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Autobiographical and episodic memory—one and the same?

Gilboa, Asaf·2004·Neuropsychologia
DOI 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.02.014
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Laboratory investigations of episodic memory often require participants to encode and later retrieve lists of items (words, pictures, or faces). The underlying assumption is that recollection of items from the list is analogous to recollection of events from one's past, i.e. autobiographical re-experiencing. Functional neuroimaging studies of episodic memory have provided extensive evidence suggesting that regions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) play a role in episodic memory retrieval. A review of PFC activations reported in imaging studies of autobiographical memory and matched sub-sets of list-learning episodic memory studies reveals patterns of similarity but also substantial differences. Episodic memory studies often report activations in the right mid-dorsolateral PFC, but such activations are absent in autobiographical memory studies. Additionally, activations in the ventromedial PFC, primarily on the left, are almost invariably found in autobiographical memory studies, but rarely occur in studies of episodic memory. It is suggested that these two regions mediate different modes of post-retrieval monitoring and verification. Autobiographical memory relies on quick intuitive 'feeling of rightness' to monitor the veracity and cohesiveness of retrieved memories in relation to an activated self-schema. Episodic memory for lists requires more conscious elaborate monitoring to avoid omissions, commissions and repetitions. The present analysis suggests that care and caution should be exercised in extrapolating from the way we recollect 'events' from a list learned in the laboratory to the way we recollect events from our lives.

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  • Retrieval of past events inevitably draws on non-episodic elements, such as personal semantics or more general conceptual knowledge.

    “Germane to the debate on the contribution of semantic memory to episodic future thinking is the fact that retrieval of past events inevitably draws on non-episodic elements, such as personal semantics, or more general conceptual knowledge (Levine et al., 2002;Gilboa, 2004).”

    From Considering the role of semantic memory in episodic future thinking: evidence from semantic dementia (2012) · cites this paper as Gilboa, 2004

  • Neural regions associated with recollection and memory-updating processes are typically recruited more during autobiographical memory compared with laboratory-based memory retrieval.

    “Neural regions associated with recollection and memory-updating processes are typically recruited more during autobiographical memory compared with laboratory-based memory retrieval (43, 61, 62),”

    From Neural mechanisms of reactivation-induced updating that enhance and distort memory (2013) · cites this paper as [62]

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Authors
Gilboa, A.
Affiliations
University of Toronto (CA)
Corresponding author
Gilboa, Asaf
ORCID
Gilboa, Asaf
Venue
Neuropsychologia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-01
Volume
42
Issue
10
Pages
1336-1349
ISSN
0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.02.014
OpenAlex
W1583495198
Cited by
367
References
103
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
autobiographical memory, episodic memory, prefrontal cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, memory retrieval, recollection, self-schemas, list learning
MeSH terms
Brain Mapping, Electrophysiology, Humans, Memory, Psychological Theory, Self Concept, Semantics, Verbal Learning, Prefrontal Cortex, Recognition, Psychology

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