Brain Functional Correlates of Episodic Memory Using an Ecological Free Recall Task.

ABSTRACT: Episodic Memory (EM) allows us to revive a past event through mental time-travel. The neural correlates of memories recollection have been identified in hippocampal regions and multiple neocortical areas, but few neuroimaging studies have used an ecological task such as a free recall of a structured story. Using an ecological fMRI-free recall (FR) task, we aimed to investigate the relevant recruitment of the brain networks associated with the story recollection process and its performance. Fourteen healthy participants listened to a brief story and were tested for Immediate-Recall (IR), a task that is widely used in a neuropsychological evaluation. Then, the subjects underwent an fMRI session, where they had to perform a free recall (FR) of the story subvocally. Finally, the participants w

SUBMITTER: Neri F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8303916 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature