Naïve to expert: Considering the role of previous knowledge in memory
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In humans, most of our new memories are in some way or another related to what we have already experienced. However, in memory research, especially in non-human animal research, subjects are often mostly naïve to the world. But we know that previous knowledge will change how memories are processed and which brain areas are critical at which time point. Each process from encoding, consolidation, to memory retrieval will be affected. Here, we summarise previous knowledge effects on the neurobiology of memory in both humans and non-human animals, with a special focus on schemas – associative network structures. Furthermore, we propose a new theory on how there may be a continuous gradient from naïve to expert, which would modulate the importance and role of brain areas, such as the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.
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- Authors
- Alonso, A., van der Meij, J., Tse, D., & Genzel, L.
- Affiliations
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Donders Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Genzel, Lisa
- Venue
- Brain and Neuroscience Advances
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020-01
- Volume
- 4
- Pages
- 239821282094868
- ISSN
- 2398-2128 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7479862
- OpenAlex
- W3082700403
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 97
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 9 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Brain and Neuroscience Advances (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- branco weiss fellowship – society in science
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Keywords
- prior knowledge, memory, schemas, associative networks, memory encoding, memory consolidation, memory retrieval, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, neurobiology of memory
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