Prefrontal Control of Familiarity and Recollection in Working Memory
Prefrontal Control of Familiarity and Recollection in Working Memory
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DOI:
10.1162/jocn.2009.21252
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发表时间:
2010-02-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Postle, Bradley R.
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作者:
Feredoes, Eva;Postle, Bradley R.
Left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) is a critical neural substrate for the resolution of proactive interference (PI) in working memory. We hypothesized that left IFG achieves this by controlling the influence of familiarity-versus recollection-based information about memory probes. Consistent with this idea, we observed evidence for an early (200 msec)-peaking signal corresponding to memory probe familiarity and a late (500 msec)-resolving signal corresponding to full accrual of trial-related contextual ("recollection-based") information. Next, we applied brief trains of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) time locked to these mnemonic signals, to left IFG and to a control region. Only early rTMS of left IFG produced a modulation of the false alarm rate for high-PI probes. Additionally, the magnitude of this effect was predicted by individual differences in susceptibility to PI. These results suggest that left IFG-based control may bias the influence of familiarity and recollection-based signals on recognition decisions.