Open AccessFunctional MRI Evidence for Distinctive Binding and Consolidation Pathways for Face-Name Associations
Author(s) -
Melissa Robinson-Long,
Paul J. Eslinger,
Jianli Wang,
Mark D. Meadowcroft,
Qing Yang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
topics in magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1536-1004
pISSN - 0899-3459
DOI - 10.1097/rmr.0b013e3181e8f1f9
Subject(s) - functional magnetic resonance imaging , parahippocampal gyrus , neuroscience , fusiform gyrus , psychology , hippocampus , encoding (memory) , neural correlates of consciousness , working memory , cognition , temporal lobe , epilepsy
Although some of the anatomical underpinnings of learning and memory systems have been identified, there remains little understanding of how the brain moves from acquiring new information to retaining it. This study was designed to further explore and elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying encoding and memory in a common real-life task, that is, face-name associations. One possible outcome is that the tasks will recruit different neural structures mediating these processes, which can be identified through contrast analysis of activations. Alternatively, it is possible that similar anatomical regions, such as the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus, may be involved in both tasks. In that case, analysis of blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) amplitude differences between the tasks in those common neural structures may be able to detect whether physiological activation differences occur in encoding versus memory.