Word imageability enhances association-memory by increasing hippocampal engagement

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1522-1538

  Caplan, Jeremy B ^a   Madan, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; CUED RECALLS; MAIN EFFECT; MEMORY FUNCTIONS; MEMORY STRENGTH; WORD-PAIRS;

BRAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BOLD SIGNAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGINATION; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ASSOCIATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984971055     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00992     Document Type: Article

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