In two experiments involving 64 and 28 people, respectively, researchers found that attempts to remember a target image enhanced long-term retention of both the target and a contextually-linked object, and that the effect involved reinstatement of neural activity in the brain's parietal lobe regions, linked to episodic retention; the results suggest that retrieving a target memory can enhance memory for an entire event, indicating that retrieval may be an efficient method for memory enhancement.
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Article #18-00006: "Neural reactivation in parietal cortex enhances memory for episodically linked information," by Tanya R. Jonker, Halle Dimsdale-Zucker, Maureen Ritchey, Alex Clarke, and Charan Ranganath.
MEDIA CONTACT: Tanya R. Jonker, University of California, Davis, CA; e-mail: tanyarjonker@gmail.com
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences