Enhanced brain activity associated with memory access in highly superior autobiographical memory

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 115; no. 30; pp. 7795 - 7800
• Main Authors: Santangelo, Valerio, Cavallina, Clarissa, Colucci, Paola, Santori, Alessia, Macrì, Simone, McGaugh, James L., Campolongo, Patrizia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 24.07.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Biological Sciences; Brain; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - physiology; Brain mapping; Computer memory; Connectome; Female; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Hippocampus; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Memory; Memory - physiology; Motor ability; Neural networks; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Personal experiences; Social Sciences; fMRI; functional connectivity; hippocampus; long-term memory; prefrontal cortex

Brain systems underlying human memory function have been classically investigated studying patients with selective memory impairments. The discovery of rare individuals who have highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) provides, instead, an opportunity to investigate the brain systems underlyi...