Functional neuroimaging of autobiographical memory.


Autoria(s): Cabeza, R; St Jacques, P
Contribuinte(s)

Rubin, David C

Cabeza, Roberto E

Data(s)

01/05/2007

Resumo

Functional neuroimaging studies of autobiographical memory have grown dramatically in recent years. These studies are important because they can investigate the neural correlates of processes that are difficult to study using laboratory stimuli, including: (i) complex constructive processes, (ii) recollective qualities of emotion and vividness, and (iii) remote memory retrieval. Constructing autobiographical memories involves search, monitoring and self-referential processes that are associated with activity in separable prefrontal regions. The contributions of emotion and vividness have been linked to the amygdala and visual cortex respectively. Finally, there is evidence that recent and remote autobiographical memories might activate the hippocampus equally, which has implications for memory-consolidation theories. The rapid development of innovative methods for eliciting personal memories in the scanner provides the opportunity to delve into the functional neuroanatomy of our personal past.

Dissertation

Formato

219 - 227

application/pdf

Identificador

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17382578

S1364-6613(07)00078-2

Trends Cogn Sci, 2007, 11 (5), pp. 219 - 227

1364-6613

http://hdl.handle.net/10161/2445

Idioma(s)

ENG

en_US

Relação

Trends Cogn Sci

10.1016/j.tics.2007.02.005

Tipo

Journal Article

Cobertura

England

Palavras-Chave #Amygdala #Autobiography as Topic #Hippocampus #Humans #Magnetic Resonance Imaging #Memory