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Electrophysiological indices of strategic episodic retrieval processing.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15817173     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Event-related potentials (ERPs) were acquired during test phases of a recognition memory exclusion task, in order to contribute to current understanding of the processes responsible for the ways in which memory retrieval can be controlled strategically. Participants were asked to endorse old words from one study task (targets) and to reject new test words as well as those from a second study task (non-targets). The study task designated as the target category varied across test phases. The left-parietal ERP old/new effect--the electrophysiological signature of recollection--was reliable for targets only in all test phases, consistent with the view that participants control recollection strategically in service of task demands. The contrast between the ERPs evoked by new test words separated according to target designation revealed reliable differences at midline, anterior and right-hemisphere locations. These differences likely reflect processes that form part of a retrieval attempt and are interpreted here as indices of processes that are important for the strategic regulation of episodic retrieval.
Authors:
M A Dzulkifli; E L Wilding
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2005-01-05
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuropsychologia     Volume:  43     ISSN:  0028-3932     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuropsychologia     Publication Date:  2005  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-04-08     Completed Date:  2005-08-22     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0020713     Medline TA:  Neuropsychologia     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1152-62     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, Wales, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Brain Mapping
Electroencephalography / methods*
Evoked Potentials / physiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Recall / physiology*
Photic Stimulation / methods
Reaction Time / physiology
Recognition (Psychology) / physiology*
Time Factors
Verbal Learning / physiology
Vocabulary

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