Late frontal positivity effects in Self-referential Memory: Unique to the Self?

ABSTRACT: The self-reference effect in memory (SRE), in which stimuli related to self are better remembered than other stimuli, has been studied often in the fMRI literature, but much less with EEG. In two experiments, we investigated how self-referencing modulated event-related potential (ERP) markers of the subsequent memory effect, testing whether the same components that reflect memory success are impacted or whether unique components are modulated by self-referencing. Participants were asked to evaluate whether an adjective accurately described either the self or a given other by making a yes/no key press during EEG recording. Then participants were given a surprise recognition memory test where they judged each adjective as old or new. We observed a main effect of self-relevance on a late posi

SUBMITTER: Porter NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8325518 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature