Prior memory responses modulate behavior and brain state engagement.

ABSTRACT: Memory encoding and retrieval constitute neurally dissociable brain states and prior behavioral work suggests that these states may linger in time. Thus memory states may influence both the current experience and subsequent events; however, this account has not been directly tested. To test the hypothesis that memory judgments induce brain states that persist for several hundred milliseconds, we recorded scalp electroencephalography while participants completed a recognition task. We used an independently validated multivariate mnemonic state classifier to assess memory state engagement. We replicate previous behavioral findings, yet we find that memory states are modulated by response congruency. We find strong retrieval state engagement on incongruent trials, when the response switches b

SUBMITTER: Wheelock JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11659630 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature