Eye movements support the link between conscious memory and medial temporal lobe function.

ABSTRACT: When individuals select the recently studied (and familiar) item in a multiple-choice memory test, they direct a greater proportion of viewing time toward the to-be-selected item when their choice is correct than when their choice is incorrect. Thus, for both correct and incorrect choices, individuals indicate that the chosen item is old, but viewing time nevertheless distinguishes between old and new items. What kind of memory supports this preferential viewing effect? We recorded eye movements while participants made three-alternative, forced-choice recognition memory judgments for scenes. In experiment 1 (n = 30), the magnitude of the preferential viewing effect was strongly correlated with measures of conscious, declarative memory: recognition accuracy as well as the difference

SUBMITTER: Urgolites ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6055153 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature