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The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Autobiographical Memory: Neural Correlates of Recall, Emotional Intensity, and Reliving

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Daselaar, S. M., Rice, H. J., Greenberg, D. L., Cabeza, R., LaBar, K. S., Rubin, D. C.·2008·Cerebral Cortex

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We sought to map the time course of autobiographical memory retrieval, including brain regions that mediate phenomenological experiences of reliving and emotional intensity. Participants recalled personal memories to auditory word cues during event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Participants pressed a button when a memory was accessed, maintained and elaborated the memory, and then gave subjective ratings of emotion and reliving. A novel fMRI approach based on timing differences capitalized on the protracted reconstructive process of autobiographical memory to segregate brain areas contributing to initial access and later elaboration and maintenance of episodic memories. The initial period engaged hippocampal, retrosplenial, and medial and right prefrontal activity, whereas the later period recruited visual, precuneus, and left prefrontal activity. Emotional intensity ratings were correlated with activity in several regions, including the amygdala and the hippocampus during the initial period. Reliving ratings were correlated with activity in visual cortex and ventromedial and inferior prefrontal regions during the later period. Frontopolar cortex was the only brain region sensitive to emotional intensity across both periods. Results were confirmed by time-locked averages of the fMRI signal. The findings indicate dynamic recruitment of emotion-, memory-, and sensory-related brain regions during remembering and their dissociable contributions to phenomenological features of the memories.

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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
Daselaar, S. M., Rice, H. J., Greenberg, D. L., Cabeza, R., LaBar, K. S., & Rubin, D. C.
Affiliations
  • Duke University (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2007-06-04
Volume
18
Issue
1
Pages
217-229
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W2153101815
Cited by
341
References
119
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 20
FWCI
9.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • DukeSpace (Duke University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG019731, R01 AG23770, R01AG023123, R01 AG19731, R01AG023770)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA014094, R01 DA14094)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Keywords
autobiographical memory, memory retrieval, reliving, emotional intensity, hippocampus, amygdala, prefrontal cortex, frontopolar cortex, visual cortex, precuneus, retrosplenial cortex, episodic memory, memory elaboration
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Association Learning, Autobiographies as Topic, Brain, Emotions, Female, Humans, Imagination, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Mental Recall, Self Concept

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