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Medial Prefrontal Activity Predicts Memory for Self
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The ability to remember the past depends on cognitive operations that are recruited when information is initially encountered. In the current experiment, we investigated neural processes that subserve the memorability of a fundamental class of social information: self-knowledge. Participants evaluated the extent to which a series of personality characteristics were self-descriptive. Brain activation was measured using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and contrasted based on: (i) whether each word was later remembered or forgotten; and (ii) whether or not each item was judged to be self-relevant. Results revealed that activity in medial prefrontal cortex predicted both subsequent memory performance and judgements of self-relevance. These findings extend current understanding of the nature and functioning of human memory.
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“Using two different sets of contrasts, we identified ROIs in vMPFC that, consistent with earlier studies of self-reference (15-18), responded preferentially during trials that required introspection about one's own mental characteristics.”
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“while the self-descriptive versus nonselfdescriptive contrast revealed activation in the dmPFC during the retrieval of visually presented self-and nonselfrelated adjectives describing personality traits [Macrae et al., 2004].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Macrae, C. N.
- Affiliations
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Macrae, C. N.
- ORCID
- Macrae, C. N.
- Venue
- Cerebral Cortex
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2004-04-14
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 647-654
- ISSN
- 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2199
- OpenAlex
- W2096259174
- Cited by
- 581
- References
- 56
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- FWCI
- 13.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH66720, R21MH066720)
- 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
- medial prefrontal cortex, self-knowledge, self-relevance, personality traits, social memory, memory encoding, self-referential processing, event-related fMRI
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Ego, Evoked Potentials, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Self Concept, Statistics as Topic, Prefrontal Cortex
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