Prefrontal cortex contributions to episodic retrieval monitoring and evaluation

Cruse, Damian and Wilding, Edward Lewis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9495-1418 2009. Prefrontal cortex contributions to episodic retrieval monitoring and evaluation. Neuropsychologia 47 (13) , pp. 2779-2789. 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.06.003

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Abstract

Although the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays roles in episodic memory judgments, the specific processes it supports are not understood fully. Event-related potential (ERP) studies of episodic retrieval have revealed an electrophysiological modulation – the right-frontal ERP old/new effect – which is thought to reflect activity in PFC. The functional significance of this old/new effect remains a matter of debate, and this study was designed to test two accounts: (i) that the effect indexes processes linked to the monitoring or evaluation of the products of retrieval in service of task demands, or (ii) that it indexes the number of internal decisions required for a task judgment. Participants studied words in one of two colours. In a subsequent retrieval task, old (studied) and new words were presented in a neutral colour. Participants made initial old/new judgments, along with study colour judgments to words thought to be old. They also indicated their confidence (high/low) in the colour decision. Right-frontal ERP old/new effects were larger for high than for low confidence correct colour judgments, and the magnitude of the right-frontal effect was correlated with the proportions of low confidence judgments that were made. Because the numbers of decisions associated with these response categories are equivalent, these findings do not support a decision-based account of the right-frontal ERP old/new effect. Rather, the correlation between confidence and the magnitude of the effect links it with retrieval monitoring and evaluation processes.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Memory; Prefrontal cortex; Old/new effect; Retrieval monitoring; Retrieval control; ERPs
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0028-3932
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/12195

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