Gamma oscillations distinguish true from false memories |
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Authors: | Sederberg Per B Schulze-Bonhage Andreas Madsen Joseph R Bromfield Edward B Litt Brian Brandt Armin Kahana Michael J |
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Affiliation: | University of Pennsylvania;;University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany;;Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts and;Brigham &Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT— To test whether distinct patterns of electrophysiological activity prior to a response can distinguish true from false memories, we analyzed intracranial electroencephalographic recordings while 52 patients undergoing treatment for epilepsy performed a verbal free-recall task. These analyses revealed that the same pattern of gamma-band (28–100 Hz) oscillatory activity that predicts successful memory formation at item encoding—increased gamma power in the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and left temporal lobe—reemerges at retrieval to distinguish correct from incorrect responses. The timing of these oscillatory effects suggests that self-cued memory retrieval begins in the hippocampus and then spreads to the cortex. Thus, retrieval of true, as compared with false, memories induces a distinct pattern of gamma oscillations, possibly reflecting recollection of contextual information associated with past experience. |
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