Sammanfattning
This study investigated the effect of arousal on short-term relational memory and its underlying cortical network. Seventeen healthy participants performed a picture by location, short-term relational memory task using emotional pictures. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure the blood-oxygenation-level dependent signal relative to task. Subjects' own ratings of the pictures were used to obtain subjective arousal ratings. Subjective arousal was found to have a dose-dependent effect on activations in the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, and in higher order visual areas. Serial position analyses showed that high arousal trials produced a stronger primacy and recency effect than low arousal trials. The results indicate that short-term relational memory may be facilitated by arousal and that this may be modulated by a dose-response function in arousal-driven neuronal regions.
Originalspråk | Engelska |
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Sidor (från-till) | 177 |
Tidskrift | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
Volym | 5 |
DOI | |
Status | Publicerad - 2011 |
Externt publicerad | Ja |
Nationell ämneskategori
- Neurovetenskaper (30105)