Neural correlates of word-stem priming

Autor: Séverine Fay, Richard Ragot, Michel Isingrini, Viviane Pouthas
Přispěvatelé: Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage (CeRCA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Tours-Université de Poitiers, Université de Poitiers-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: NeuroReport
NeuroReport, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005, 16, pp.1169-1173
ISSN: 0959-4965
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200508010-00007
Popis: The purpose of this study was to identify the neural correlates of implicit memory in a word-stem completion task. Given that both explicit and implicit retrieval tend to occur in this type of memory task, conventional analyses of old/new event-related potential effects are equivocal. To overcome this problem, depth of processing was manipulated and subjective awareness measured. From 400 ms poststimulus, event-related potentials evoked by stems completed with studied words were more positive than those evoked by stems completed with unstudied items. This difference was maximal at parietooccipital electrode sites. Event-related potentials were not modulated by either depth of processing or awareness. Behavioral and event-related potential data converged to indicate that the old/new effect reflects processes either contributing to, or contingent upon, implicit memory retrieval.
Databáze: OpenAIRE