A Toaster in the Bathroom: Neural Correlates of Semantic Construction During Episodic Memory Recall.

ABSTRACT: When recalling what you ate for breakfast last Wednesday, you might not remember the exact meal, but you may confidently select the items you typically eat. Here, semantic knowledge (i.e., what you usually eat) contributes to the reconstructive process of episodic memory retrieval (i.e., what you actually ate). In the current fMRI study, we used a highly realistic virtual environment to test this influence of semantic knowledge on episodic memory retrieval. During the task, 60 participants actively (task-relevant) or passively (task-irrelevant) encountered everyday objects that were either congruent (i.e., rubber duck in the bathroom) or incongruent (i.e., a toaster in the bathroom) with their expected location. Thereby, we created conflicting information between the episodic memory trace

SUBMITTER: Zoellner C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12553115 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature