Facilitating memory for novel characters by reducing neural repetition suppression in the left fusiform cortex.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The left midfusiform and adjacent regions have been implicated in processing and memorizing familiar words, yet its role in memorizing novel characters has not been well understood.

Methodology/principal findings

Using functional MRI, the present study examined the hypothesis that the left midfusiform is also involved in memorizing novel characters and spaced learning could enhance the memory by enhancing the left midfusiform activity during learning. Nineteen native Chinese readers were scanned while memorizing the visual form of 120 Korean characters that were novel to the subjects. Each character was repeated four times during learning. Repetition suppression was manipulated by using two different repetition schedules: massed learning and spaced learning, pseud

SUBMITTER: Xue G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2950859 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature