The Similarity of Brain Activity Associated with True and False Recognition Memory Depends on Test Format

• Published in: Psychological science Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 250 - 257
• Main Authors: Johnson, Marcia K., Nolde, Scott F., Mather, Mara, Kounios, John, Schacter, Daniel L., Curran, Tim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Cambridge University Press 01.05.1997; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Brain; Cerebral hemispheres; Cognition; Cognition & reasoning; Conceptual frameworks; Electrodes; Experimentation; False memory; Medical imaging; Memory; Positron emission tomography; Recognition memory; Research Reports; Waveforms
• ISSN: 0956-7976; 1467-9280
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00421.x

Event-related potentials (ERPs) were compared for correct recognitions of previously presented words and false recognitions of associatively related, nonpresented words (lures). When the test items were presented blocked by test type (old, new, lure), waveforms for old and lure items were different,...