Schema benefit vs. proactive interference: Contradicting behavioral outcomes and coexisting neural patterns

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 158; pp. 271 - 281
• Main Authors: Oren, Noga, Shapira-Lichter, Irit, Lerner, Yulia, Tarrasch, Ricardo, Hendler, Talma, Giladi, Nir, Ash, Elissa L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2017; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Aged; Aging; Aging - physiology; Animal cognition; Attention - physiology; Brain - physiology; Brain mapping; Brain Mapping - methods; Cortex (cingulate); Dual task; Female; fMRI; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Hippocampus; Humans; Instructional design; Inter-subject correlation; Life span; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Memory; Movie; Neural networks; Posterior cingulate cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Proactive interference; Studies; Young Adult; fMRI; Movie; Inter-subject correlation; Dual task; Posterior cingulate cortex

Prior knowledge can either assist or hinder the ability to learn new information. These contradicting behavioral outcomes, referred to as schema benefit and proactive interference respectively, have been studied separately. Here we examined whether the known neural correlates of each process coexist...