Testing posterior parietal cortex contributions to human episodic memory

该项目旨在确定顶脑区域参与情节记忆的情况。利用新的实验任务和多模式神经成像技术在年轻和健康的衰老中，该项目希望阐明后顶叶结构在记忆提取过程中的作用，以及它们与核心记忆结构的相互作用。预期的结果包括对我们如何在丰富的背景细节中记忆过去的高级理解，以及这些过程在健康衰老中是如何改变的。这可能在预测和治疗由脑损伤或神经变性引起的记忆功能障碍方面提供显著的益处。

This project aims to determine the involvement of parietal brain regions for episodic memory. Using novel experimental tasks and multimodal neuroimaging techniques in young and healthy aging, this project expects to clarify the role of posterior parietal structures, and their interactions with core memory structures, during memory retrieval. Expected outcomes include advanced understanding of how we remember the past in rich contextual detail, and how such processes are altered in healthy aging. This potentially provides significant benefits in predicting and treating memory dysfunction due to brain injury or neurodegeneration.