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Testing promotes long-term learning via stabilizing activation patterns in a large network of brain areas

Keresztes, Attila, Kaiser, Daniel, Kovács, Gyula, Racsmány, Mihály·2014·Cerebral Cortex

Abstract

The testing effect refers to the phenomenon that repeated retrieval of memories promotes better long-term retention than repeated study. To investigate the neural correlates of the testing effect, we used event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging methods while participants performed a cued recall task. Prior to the neuroimaging experiment, participants learned Swahili-German word pairs, then half of the word pairs were repeatedly studied, whereas the other half were repeatedly tested. For half of the participants, the neuroimaging experiment was performed immediately after the learning phase; a 1-week retention interval was inserted for the other half of the participants. We found that a large network of areas identified in a separate 2-back functional localizer scan were active during the final recall of the word pair associations. Importantly, the learning strategy (retest or restudy) of the word pairs determined the manner in which the retention interval affected the activations within this network. Recall of previously restudied memories was accompanied by reduced activation within this network at long retention intervals, but no reduction was observed for previously retested memories. We suggest that retrieval promotes learning via stabilizing cue-related activation patterns in a network of areas usually associated with cognitive and attentional control functions.

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  • Keresztes et al. (2014) compared repeatedly tested vs. studied-only word pairs but constrained their analyses to regions of interest defined by a working memory task.

    “The other study compared repeatedly tested vs. studied-only word pairs but constrained their analyses to regions of interest defined by a working memory task (Keresztes et al., 2014).”

    From Neural Correlates of Long-Term Memory Enhancement Following Retrieval Practice (2021) · cites this paper as Keresztes et al., 2014

  • Two studies observed greater activations related to memory enhanced by the testing effect in parietal, frontal, insular, temporal, and thalamic regions.

    “Two studies observed greater activations related to memory enhanced by the testing effect in parietal, frontal, insular, temporal, and thalamic regions (Keresztes et al., 2014; Wirebring et al., 2015).”

    From Neural Correlates of Long-Term Memory Enhancement Following Retrieval Practice (2021) · cites this paper as Keresztes et al., 2014

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Authors
Keresztes, A., Kaiser, D., Kovács, G., & Racsmány, M.
Affiliations
  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU)
  • University of Regensburg (DE)
Corresponding author
Keresztes, Attila
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2013-06-24
Volume
24
Issue
11
Pages
3025-3035
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W2139180285
Cited by
56
References
55
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
2.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg) (acceptedVersion)
  • Iris (University of Trento) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Keywords
testing effect, retrieval practice, long-term memory retention, cued recall, memory consolidation, retention interval, cognitive control network, attentional control, event-related fMRI
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Oxygen, Paired-Associate Learning, Reaction Time, Mental Recall, Time Factors, Verbal Learning, Young Adult

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