Monthly Archives: June 2018

Enhancing the Ecological Validity of fMRI Memory Research Using Virtual Reality

Authors: Nicco Reggente, Joey K.Y. Essoe, Zahra M. Aghajan, Amir V. Tavakoli, Joseph F. McGuire, Nanthia A. Suthana, Jesse Rissman Article: PDF Plain English: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a powerful research tool to understand the neural underpinnings of human memory. However, as memory is known to be context-dependent, differences in contexts between naturalistic settings […]

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Memory Recall for High Reward Value Items Correlates With Individual Differences in White Matter Pathways Associated With Reward Processing and Fronto-Temporal Communication

Authors: Nicco Reggente, Michael S. Cohen, (Amy) Zhong S. Zheng, Alan D. Castel, Barbara J. Knowlton, Jesse Rissman Article: PDF Plain English: We observed individual differences in a value-directed remembering task. White matter integrity within the Uncinate Fasciculus correlated with memory strength for high-value items. This relationship was also seen for the tract connecting the […]

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