The neural correlates of specific versus general autobiographical memory construction and elaboration
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We examined the neural correlates of specific (i.e., unique to time and place) and general (i.e., extended in or repeated over time) autobiographical memories (AMs) during their initial construction and later elaboration phases. The construction and elaboration of specific and general events engaged a widely distributed set of regions previously associated with AM recall. Specific (vs. general) event construction preferentially engaged prefrontal and medial temporal lobe regions known to be critical for memory search and retrieval processes. General event elaboration was differentiated from specific event elaboration by extensive right-lateralized prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity. Interaction analyses confirmed that PFC activity was disproportionately engaged by specific AMs during construction, and general AMs during elaboration; a similar pattern was evident in regions of the left lateral temporal lobe. These neural differences between specific and general AM construction and elaboration were largely unrelated to reported differences in the level of detail recalled about each type of event.
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Most prior laboratory-based EM studies used cue words or images to trigger memory retrieval and mental time travel to the past in a controlled fashion.
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- Authors
- Holland, A. C., Addis, D. R., & Kensinger, E. A.
- Affiliations
- Boston College (US)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Corresponding author
- Holland, Alisha C.
- Venue
- Neuropsychologia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-10
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 3164-3177
- ISSN
- 0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3253625
- OpenAlex
- W2078708210
- Cited by
- 118
- References
- 79
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- FWCI
- 3.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH080833, R01MH080833)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- autobiographical memory, specific memory, memory construction, memory elaboration, prefrontal cortex, medial temporal lobe, right lateralization, memory retrieval, neural correlates
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time, Semantics, Statistics as Topic, Time Factors, Verbal Learning, Vocabulary, Prefrontal Cortex, Young Adult, Memory, Episodic
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