Cross-cultural comparison of the neural correlates of true and false memory retrieval.

ABSTRACT: Prior work has shown Americans have higher levels of memory specificity than East Asians. Neuroimaging studies have not investigated mechanisms that account for cultural differences at retrieval. In this study, we use fMRI to assess whether mnemonic discrimination, distinguishing novel from previously encountered stimuli, accounts for cultural differences in memory. Fifty-five American and 55 Taiwanese young adults completed an object recognition paradigm testing discrimination of old targets, similar lures and novel foils. Mnemonic discrimination was tested by comparing discrimination of similar lures from studied targets, and results showed the relationship between activity in right fusiform gyrus and behavioural discrimination between target and lure objects differed across cultural gro

SUBMITTER: Leger KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11266529 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature