Causal role of the angular gyrus in insight-driven memory reconfiguration.

ABSTRACT: Maintaining an accurate model of the world relies on our ability to update memory representations in light of new information. Previous research on the integration of new information into memory mainly focused on the hippocampus. Here, we hypothesized that the angular gyrus, known to be involved in episodic memory and imagination, plays a pivotal role in the insight-driven reconfiguration of memory representations. To test this hypothesis, participants received continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) over the left angular gyrus or sham stimulation before gaining insight into the relationship between previously separate life-like animated events in a narrative-insight task. During this task, participants also underwent EEG recording and their memory for linked and non-linked events was as

SUBMITTER: Grob AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10942625 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature