Hippocampal activity predicts contextual misattribution of false memories.

ABSTRACT: Failure of contextual retrieval can lead to false recall, wherein people retrieve an item or experience that occurred in a different context or did not occur at all. Whereas the hippocampus is thought to play a crucial role in memory retrieval, we lack understanding of how the hippocampus supports retrieval of items related to a target context while disregarding related but irrelevant information. Using direct electrical recordings from the human hippocampus, we investigate the neural process underlying contextual misattribution of false memories. In two large datasets, we characterize key physiological differences between correct and false recalls that emerge immediately prior to vocalization. By differentiating between false recalls that share high or low contextual similarity with the t

SUBMITTER: Herz N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10556612 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature