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Relational memory is associated with academic achievement in preadolescent children. Trends Neurosci Educ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tine.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Johnson EL, Tang L, Yin Q, Asano E, Ofen N. Direct brain recordings reveal prefrontal cortex dynamics of memory development. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaat3702. [PMID: 30585286 PMCID: PMC6300397 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat3702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Prevailing theories link prefrontal cortex (PFC) maturation to the development of declarative memory. However, the precise spatiotemporal correlates of memory formation in the developing brain are not known. We provide rare intracranial evidence that the spatiotemporal propagation of frontal activity supports memory formation in children. Seventeen subjects (6.2 to 19.4 years) studied visual scenes in preparation for a recognition memory test while undergoing direct cortical monitoring. Earlier PFC activity predicted greater accuracy, and subsecond deviations in activity flow between subregions predicted memory formation. Activity flow between inferior and precentral sites was refined during adolescence, partially explaining gains in memory. In contrast, middle frontal activity predicted memory independent of age. These findings show with subsecond temporal precision that the developing PFC links scene perception and memory formation and underscore the role of the PFC in supporting memory development.
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- E. L. Johnson
- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Corresponding author. (E.L.J.); (N.O.)
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- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute for Child & Family Development, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Neurobiology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
- Corresponding author. (E.L.J.); (N.O.)
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Space and time in episodic memory: Effects of linearity and directionality on memory for spatial location and temporal order in children and adults. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206999. [PMID: 30408077 PMCID: PMC6224083 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Episodic memory is a critical capacity that involves remembering past events along with their spatial and temporal contexts. Relatively little is known about the relations between spatial and temporal information in long-term memory in children or adults. The present research examined the influence of the mental timeline (linear horizontal display extending from the left to right direction for English speakers) on memory for events and their spatial and temporal features in 7-year-olds, 9-year-olds, 11-year-olds and young adults (N = 146). During encoding, participants studied triplets of objects, varying on two dimensions of the mental timeline: linearity (whether objects were presented in linear succession or not) and direction (whether objects were presented from left-to-right or right-to-left). After a delay, during retrieval, participants were tested on their memory for individual objects, and either the spatial location or temporal order of the objects. We found that overall accuracy for spatial location was higher than accuracy for temporal order, and there was a parallel developmental trajectory for both these aspects of memory. Across age groups we found that memory for temporal order, but not spatial location, was influenced by linearity and direction (i.e., match to mental timeline). Thus, in both children and adults the spatiotemporal mental timeline supported memory for temporal order, converging with predictions generated within domains of language and thought and enhancing our understanding of how space and time are represented in the mind.
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Tang L, Shafer AT, Ofen N. Prefrontal Cortex Contributions to the Development of Memory Formation. Cereb Cortex 2018; 28:3295-3308. [PMID: 28968652 PMCID: PMC6095208 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The development of the brain, particularly the protracted maturation of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), supports the development of episodic memory. Yet how different regions of the PFC functionally mature to support age-related increases in memory performance remains unclear. We investigated the PFC contribution to subsequent memory (SM) of encoded visual scenes in children, adolescents, and young adults (n = 83). We identified distinct patterns of PFC activations supporting SM: regions in the lateral PFC showed positive SM effects, whereas regions in the superior and medial PFC showed negative SM effects. Both positive and negative SM effects increased with age. The magnitude of negative SM effects in the superior PFC partially mediated the age-related increase in memory. Functional connectivity between lateral PFC and regions in the medial temporal lobe (MTL) increased with age during successful memory formation. In contrast, functional connectivity between the superior PFC and regions in the MTL decreased with age, suggesting an age-related increase in the anti-correlation between these regions. These findings highlight the differential involvement of regions within the PFC supporting memory formation.
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- Lingfei Tang
- Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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Vakil E, Wasserman A, Tibon R. Development of perceptual and conceptual memory in explicit and implicit memory systems. JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Keresztes A, Ngo CT, Lindenberger U, Werkle-Bergner M, Newcombe NS. Hippocampal Maturation Drives Memory from Generalization to Specificity. Trends Cogn Sci 2018; 22:676-686. [PMID: 29934029 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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During early ontogeny, the rapid and cumulative acquisition of world knowledge contrasts with slower improvements in the ability to lay down detailed and long-lasting episodic memories. This emphasis on generalization at the expense of specificity persists well into middle childhood and possibly into adolescence. During this period, recognizing regularities, forming stable representations of recurring episodes, predicting the structure of future events, and building up semantic knowledge may be prioritized over remembering specific episodes. We highlight recent behavioral and neuroimaging evidence suggesting that maturational differences among subfields within the hippocampus contribute to the developmental lead-lag relation between generalization and specificity, and lay out future research directions.
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- Attila Keresztes
- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany; Max Planck-University College London (UCL) Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, London, England, and Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Geng F, Salmeron BJ, Ross TJ, Black MM, Riggins T. Long-term effects of prenatal drug exposure on the neural correlates of memory at encoding and retrieval. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2018; 65:70-77. [PMID: 29107754 PMCID: PMC5803433 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2017.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The objective of the current study was to examine what stage of memory (encoding or retrieval) may be compromised in adolescents with a history of prenatal drug exposure (PDE) and how the effects of PDE on memory ability are substantiated at the neural level. To achieve this goal, we examined memory performance and associated brain activations in adolescents with and without a history of PDE via event-related fMRI during encoding and retrieval. Consistent with previous studies, we found that PDE subjects remembered fewer items than community comparison subjects. However, there were no differences in behavior after adjusting for correct rejections (i.e., d'). Novel extensions of previous work are findings that PDE is associated with changes in brain activation during memory encoding but not during retrieval. These results suggest that less optimal memory performance often observed in adolescents with a history of PDE may result from variations in encoding rather than retrieval processes.
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- Fengji Geng
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States.
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DeMaster D, Johnson C, Juranek J, Ewing‐Cobbs L. Memory and the hippocampal formation following pediatric traumatic brain injury. Brain Behav 2017; 7:e00832. [PMID: 29299377 PMCID: PMC5745237 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Introduction Previous research indicates disruption of learning and memory in children who have experienced traumatic brain injury (TBI). Objective This research evaluates the impact of pediatric TBI on volumetric differences along the long axis of the hippocampus, a region of the brain that is critical for explicit memory. Methods Structural brain data and behavioral measures were collected 6 weeks following TBI or extracranial injury (EI), in children aged 8-15 years and from a group of age matched typically developing controls (TDC). Total hippocampal volume and hippocampal subregion volumes corresponding to hippocampal head, body, and tail were compared across groups and were examined in relation to verbal and visual memory. Results Group differences were evident such that hippocampal body volume was found to be smaller for TBI and EI groups compared to the TDC group. Analysis restricted to the TBI group indicated that hippocampal head volume was associated with severity of injury. The relation between severity of injury and hippocampal head volume is particularly important considering results from our investigation of hippocampal volume-to-memory performance relations indicating positive correlations between hippocampal head volume and performance on memory measures for both the TBI group and the TDC group. Significant negative correlations between hippocampal body volume and memory were evident for the TBI group but not EI or TDC groups. Correlations between memory performance and hippocampal tail volume were not significant for the TBI or TDC groups, although for the EI group, a positive correlation was found between hippocampal tail volume and memory. Conclusion Together these results underscore an important relation between hippocampal structure and memory function during the subacute stage of recovery from pediatric TBI.
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- Dana DeMaster
- Department of PediatricsChildren's Leaning InstituteUniversity of Texas McGovern Medical SchoolHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of PediatricsChildren's Leaning InstituteUniversity of Texas McGovern Medical SchoolHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of PediatricsChildren's Leaning InstituteUniversity of Texas McGovern Medical SchoolHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of PediatricsChildren's Leaning InstituteUniversity of Texas McGovern Medical SchoolHoustonTXUSA
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Rosen ML, Sheridan MA, Sambrook KA, Peverill MR, Meltzoff AN, McLaughlin KA. The Role of Visual Association Cortex in Associative Memory Formation across Development. J Cogn Neurosci 2017; 30:365-380. [PMID: 29064341 DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Associative learning underlies the formation of new episodic memories. Associative memory improves across development, and this age-related improvement is supported by the development of the hippocampus and pFC. Recent work, however, additionally suggests a role for visual association cortex in the formation of associative memories. This study investigated the role of category-preferential visual processing regions in associative memory across development using a paired associate learning task in a sample of 56 youths (age 6-19 years). Participants were asked to bind an emotional face with an object while undergoing fMRI scanning. Outside the scanner, participants completed a memory test. We first investigated age-related changes in neural recruitment and found linear age-related increases in activation in lateral occipital cortex and fusiform gyrus, which are involved in visual processing of objects and faces, respectively. Furthermore, greater activation in these visual processing regions was associated with better subsequent memory for pairs over and above the effect of age and of hippocampal and pFC activation on performance. Recruitment of these visual processing regions mediated the association between age and memory performance, over and above the effects of hippocampal activation. Taken together, these findings extend the existing literature to suggest that greater recruitment of category-preferential visual processing regions during encoding of associative memories is a neural mechanism explaining improved memory across development.
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Davidow JY, Foerde K, Galván A, Shohamy D. An Upside to Reward Sensitivity: The Hippocampus Supports Enhanced Reinforcement Learning in Adolescence. Neuron 2017; 92:93-99. [PMID: 27710793 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 07/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Adolescents are notorious for engaging in reward-seeking behaviors, a tendency attributed to heightened activity in the brain's reward systems during adolescence. It has been suggested that reward sensitivity in adolescence might be adaptive, but evidence of an adaptive role has been scarce. Using a probabilistic reinforcement learning task combined with reinforcement learning models and fMRI, we found that adolescents showed better reinforcement learning and a stronger link between reinforcement learning and episodic memory for rewarding outcomes. This behavioral benefit was related to heightened prediction error-related BOLD activity in the hippocampus and to stronger functional connectivity between the hippocampus and the striatum at the time of reinforcement. These findings reveal an important role for the hippocampus in reinforcement learning in adolescence and suggest that reward sensitivity in adolescence is related to adaptive differences in how adolescents learn from experience.
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- Juliet Y Davidow
- Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Geng F, Canada K, Riggins T. Age- and performance-related differences in encoding during early childhood: insights from event-related potentials. Memory 2017; 26:451-461. [PMID: 28830307 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2017.1366526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Previous studies have found that children show rapid and significant improvements in their ability to remember individual items and the contextual details that surround these items (i.e., episodic memory) during early childhood. Encoding processes have been suggested to contribute to the development of episodic memory; however, few studies have investigated encoding processes. The goal of the current study was to examine age- and performance-related effects on encoding in children between 4 and 8 years of age using event-related potentials (ERPs). Results revealed effects of both age and performance on encoding, as indexed by the ERPs response. However, the nature of these effects differed between subsequent recognition and subsequent recollection, as well as for the two ERP components (i.e., Nc and LSW) examined. These findings are important as they contribute empirical evidence that encoding processes show developmental change across early childhood. In addition, these findings highlight the importance of controlling for performance differences in future studies examining developmental changes in episodic memory.
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- Fengji Geng
- a Department of Psychology , University of Maryland , College Park , MD , USA
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- a Department of Psychology , University of Maryland , College Park , MD , USA
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- a Department of Psychology , University of Maryland , College Park , MD , USA
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Hippocampal maturity promotes memory distinctiveness in childhood and adolescence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:9212-9217. [PMID: 28784801 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1710654114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Adaptive learning systems need to meet two complementary and partially conflicting goals: detecting regularities in the world versus remembering specific events. The hippocampus (HC) keeps a fine balance between computations that extract commonalities of incoming information (i.e., pattern completion) and computations that enable encoding of highly similar events into unique representations (i.e., pattern separation). Histological evidence from young rhesus monkeys suggests that HC development is characterized by the differential development of intrahippocampal subfields and associated networks. However, due to challenges in the in vivo investigation of such developmental organization, the ontogenetic timing of HC subfield maturation remains controversial. Delineating its course is important, as it directly influences the fine balance between pattern separation and pattern completion operations and, thus, developmental changes in learning and memory. Here, we relate in vivo, high-resolution structural magnetic resonance imaging data of HC subfields to behavioral memory performance in children aged 6-14 y and in young adults. We identify a multivariate profile of age-related differences in intrahippocampal structures and show that HC maturity as captured by this pattern is associated with age differences in the differential encoding of unique memory representations.
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Rollins L, Riggins T. Age-related differences in subjective recollection: ERP studies of encoding and retrieval. Dev Sci 2017; 21:e12583. [PMID: 28677331 DOI: 10.1111/desc.12583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The ability to mentally re-experience past events improves significantly from childhood to young adulthood; however, the mechanisms underlying this ability remain poorly understood, partially because different tasks are used across the lifespan. This study was designed to address this gap by assessing the development of event-related potential (ERP) correlates associated with subjective indices of recollection. Children, adolescents, and adults performed Tulving's () remember/know paradigm while ERPs were recorded during memory encoding (Experiment 1) and retrieval (Experiment 2). Behaviorally, children recognized fewer items than adolescents and adults. All age groups reliably made subjective judgments of recollection, although the ability to make these judgments improved with age. At encoding, the ERP effect associated with recollection was present and comparable across age groups. In contrast, the ERP effect associated with recollection at retrieval differed as a function of age group; specifically, this effect was absent in children, topographically widespread in adolescents, and, consistent with previous literature, maximal over left centro-parietal leads in adults. These findings suggest that encoding processes associated with the subsequent subjective experience of recollection may be similar among children, adolescents, and adults and that age-related improvement in recollection may be primarily attributable to the development of processes that follow the initial encoding of stimuli (i.e., consolidation, storage, retrieval).
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- Leslie Rollins
- Department of Psychology, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Spanò G, Intraub H, Edgin JO. Testing the "Boundaries" of boundary extension: Anticipatory scene representation across development and disorder. Hippocampus 2017; 27:726-739. [PMID: 28329909 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Revised: 01/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Recent studies have suggested that Boundary Extension (BE), a scene construction error, may be linked to the function of the hippocampus. In this study, we tested BE in two groups with variations in hippocampal development and disorder: a typically developing sample ranging from preschool to adolescence and individuals with Down syndrome. We assessed BE across three different test modalities: drawing, visual recognition, and a 3D scene boundary reconstruction task. Despite confirmed fluctuations in memory function measured through a neuropsychological assessment, the results showed consistent BE in all groups across test modalities, confirming the near universal nature of BE. These results indicate that BE is an essential function driven by a complex set of processes, that occur even in the face of delayed memory development and hippocampal dysfunction in special populations.
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- G Spanò
- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721.,Cognitive Science Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721.,Cognitive Science Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721.,Sonoran University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721
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James E, Gaskell MG, Weighall A, Henderson L. Consolidation of vocabulary during sleep: The rich get richer? Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 77:1-13. [PMID: 28274725 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.01.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Sleep plays a role in strengthening new words and integrating them with existing vocabulary knowledge, consistent with neural models of learning in which sleep supports hippocampal transfer to neocortical memory. Such models are based on adult research, yet neural maturation may mean that the mechanisms supporting word learning vary across development. Here, we propose a model in which children may capitalise on larger amounts of slow-wave sleep to support a greater demand on learning and neural reorganisation, whereas adults may benefit from a richer knowledge base to support consolidation. Such an argument is reinforced by the well-reported "Matthew effect", whereby rich vocabulary knowledge is associated with better acquisition of new vocabulary. We present a meta-analysis that supports this association between children's existing vocabulary knowledge and their integration of new words overnight. Whilst multiple mechanisms likely contribute to vocabulary consolidation and neural reorganisation across the lifespan, we propose that contributions of existing knowledge should be rigorously examined in developmental studies. Such research has potential to greatly enhance neural models of learning.
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- Emma James
- Department of Psychology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
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Reeve BB, McFatrich M, Pinheiro LC, Weaver MS, Sung L, Withycombe JS, Baker JN, Mack JW, Waldron MK, Gibson D, Tomlinson D, Freyer DR, Mowbray C, Jacobs S, Palma D, Martens CE, Gold SH, Jackson KD, Hinds PS. Eliciting the child's voice in adverse event reporting in oncology trials: Cognitive interview findings from the Pediatric Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events initiative. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2017; 64:10.1002/pbc.26261. [PMID: 27650708 PMCID: PMC5301979 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adverse event (AE) reporting in oncology trials is required, but current practice does not directly integrate the child's voice. The Pediatric Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE) is being developed to assess symptomatic AEs via child/adolescent self-report or proxy-report. This qualitative study evaluates the child's/adolescent's understanding and ability to provide valid responses to the PRO-CTCAE to inform questionnaire refinements and confirm content validity. PROCEDURE From seven pediatric research hospitals, children/adolescents ages 7-15 years who were diagnosed with cancer and receiving treatment were eligible, along with their parent-proxies. The Pediatric PRO-CTCAE includes 130 questions that assess 62 symptomatic AEs capturing symptom frequency, severity, interference, or presence. Cognitive interviews with retrospective probing were completed with children in the age groups of 7-8, 9-12, and 13-15 years. The children/adolescents and proxies were interviewed independently. RESULTS Two rounds of interviews involved 81 children and adolescents and 74 parent-proxies. Fifteen of the 62 AE terms were revised after Round 1, including refinements to the questions assessing symptom severity. Most participants rated the PRO-CTCAE AE items as "very easy" or "somewhat easy" and were able to read, understand, and provide valid responses to questions. A few AE items assessing rare events were challenging to understand. CONCLUSIONS The Pediatric and Proxy PRO-CTCAE performed well among children and adolescents and their proxies, supporting its content validity. Data from PRO-CTCAE may improve symptomatic AE reporting in clinical trials and enhance the quality of care that children receive.
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- Bryce B. Reeve
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada,Division of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes, Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Oncology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Oncology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes, Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia,Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia
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Hippocampal Contribution to Context Encoding across Development Is Disrupted following Early-Life Adversity. J Neurosci 2017; 37:1925-1934. [PMID: 28093475 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2618-16.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 01/07/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Context can drastically influence responses to environmental stimuli. For example, a gunshot should provoke a different response at a public park than a shooting range. Little is known about how contextual processing and neural correlates change across human development or about individual differences related to early environmental experiences. Children (N = 60; 8-19 years, 24 exposed to interpersonal violence) completed a context encoding task during fMRI scanning using a delayed match-to-sample design with neutral, happy, and angry facial cues embedded in realistic background scenes. Outside the scanner, participants completed a memory test for context-face pairings. Context memory and neural correlates of context encoding did not vary with age. Larger hippocampal volume was associated with better context memory. Posterior hippocampus was recruited during context encoding, and greater activation in this region predicted better memory for contexts paired with angry faces. Children exposed to violence had poor memory of contexts paired with angry faces, reduced hippocampal volume, and atypical neural recruitment on encoding trials with angry faces, including reduced hippocampal activation and greater functional connectivity between hippocampus and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC). Greater hippocampus-vlPFC connectivity was associated with worse memory for contexts paired with angry faces. Posterior hippocampus appears to support context encoding, a process that does not exhibit age-related variation from middle childhood to late adolescence. Exposure to dangerous environments in childhood is associated with poor context encoding in the presence of threat, likely due to greater vlPFC-dependent attentional narrowing on threat cues at the expense of hippocampus-dependent processing of the broader context.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The ability to use context to guide reactions to environmental stimuli promotes flexible behavior. Remarkably little research has examined how contextual processing changes across development or about influences of the early environment. We provide evidence for posterior hippocampus involvement in context encoding in youth and lack of age-related variation from middle childhood to late adolescence. Children exposed to interpersonal violence exhibited poor memory of contexts paired with angry faces and atypical neural recruitment during context encoding in the presence of threatening facial cues. Heightened attention to threat following violence exposure may come at the expense of encoding contextual information, which may ultimately contribute to pathological fear expressed in safe contexts.
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James EL, Cairney SA. Commentary: Knowledge Acquisition during Exam Preparation Improves Memory and Modulates Memory Formation. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 10:245. [PMID: 28101009 PMCID: PMC5209921 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Blankenship SL, Redcay E, Dougherty LR, Riggins T. Development of hippocampal functional connectivity during childhood. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:182-201. [PMID: 27585371 PMCID: PMC6866850 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The hippocampus is a medial temporal lobe structure involved in memory, spatial navigation, and regulation of stress responses, making it a structure critical to daily functioning. However, little is known about the functional development of the hippocampus during childhood due to methodological challenges of acquiring neuroimaging data in young participants. This is a critical gap given evidence that hippocampally-mediated behaviors (e.g., episodic memory) undergo rapid and important changes during childhood. To address this gap, the present investigation collected resting-state fMRI scans in 97, 4- to 10-year-old children. Whole brain seed-based analyses of anterior, posterior, and whole hippocampal connectivity were performed to identify regions demonstrating stable (i.e., age-controlled) connectivity profiles as well as age-related differences in connectivity. Results reveal that the hippocampus is a highly connected structure of the brain and that most of the major components of the adult network are evident during childhood, including both unique and overlapping connectivity between anterior and posterior regions. Despite widespread age-controlled connectivity, the strength of hippocampal connectivity with regions of lateral temporal lobes and the anterior cingulate increased throughout the studied age range. These findings have implications for future investigations of the development of hippocampally-mediated behaviors and methodological applications for the appropriateness of whole versus segmented hippocampal seeds in connectivity analyses. Hum Brain Mapp 38:182-201, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Sarah L. Blankenship
- Neuroscience and Cognitive Science ProgramUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMaryland
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- Neuroscience and Cognitive Science ProgramUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMaryland
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMaryland
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- Neuroscience and Cognitive Science ProgramUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMaryland
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMaryland
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- Neuroscience and Cognitive Science ProgramUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMaryland
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMaryland
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Wei W, Chen C, Dong Q, Zhou X. Sex Differences in Gray Matter Volume of the Right Anterior Hippocampus Explain Sex Differences in Three-Dimensional Mental Rotation. Front Hum Neurosci 2016; 10:580. [PMID: 27895570 PMCID: PMC5108793 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Behavioral studies have reported that males perform better than females in 3-dimensional (3D) mental rotation. Given the important role of the hippocampus in spatial processing, the present study investigated whether structural differences in the hippocampus could explain the sex difference in 3D mental rotation. Results showed that after controlling for brain size, males had a larger anterior hippocampus, whereas females had a larger posterior hippocampus. Gray matter volume (GMV) of the right anterior hippocampus was significantly correlated with 3D mental rotation score. After controlling GMV of the right anterior hippocampus, sex difference in 3D mental rotation was no longer significant. These results suggest that the structural difference between males’ and females’ right anterior hippocampus was a neurobiological substrate for the sex difference in 3D mental rotation.
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- Wei Wei
- Advanced Technology Innovation Center for Future Education, Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing, China; Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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- Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California Irvine, CA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University Beijing, China
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Brod G, Lindenberger U, Shing YL. Neural activation patterns during retrieval of schema-related memories: differences and commonalities between children and adults. Dev Sci 2016; 20. [PMID: 29076268 DOI: 10.1111/desc.12475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Schemas represent stable properties of individuals' experiences, and allow them to classify new events as being congruent or incongruent with existing knowledge. Research with adults indicates that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is involved in memory retrieval of schema-related information. However, developmental differences between children and adults in the neural correlates of schema-related memories are not well understood. One reason for this is the inherent confound between schema-relevant experience and maturation, as both are related to time. To overcome this limitation, we used a novel paradigm that experimentally induces, and then probes for, task-relevant knowledge during encoding of new information. Thirty-one children aged 8-12 years and 26 young adults participated in the experiment. While successfully retrieving schema-congruent events, children showed less medial PFC activity than adults. In addition, medial PFC activity during successful retrieval correlated positively with children's age. While successfully retrieving schema-incongruent events, children showed stronger hippocampus (HC) activation as well as weaker connectivity between the striatum and the dorsolateral PFC than adults. These findings were corroborated by an exploratory full-factorial analysis investigating age differences in the retrieval of schema-congruent versus schema-incongruent events, comparing the two conditions directly. Consistent with the findings of the separate analyses, two clusters, one in the medial PFC, one in the HC, were identified that exhibited a memory × congruency × age group interaction. In line with the two-component model of episodic memory development, the present findings point to an age-related shift from a more HC-bound processing to an increasing recruitment of prefrontal brain regions in the retrieval of schema-related events.
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- Garvin Brod
- Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Lifespan Psychology, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Lifespan Psychology, Berlin, Germany.,European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Lifespan Psychology, Berlin, Germany.,Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, UK
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Bauer PJ, Larkina M. Predicting remembering and forgetting of autobiographical memories in children and adults: a 4-year prospective study. Memory 2016; 24:1345-68. [PMID: 26566236 PMCID: PMC4866913 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1110595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Preservation and loss to forgetting of autobiographical memories is a focus in both the adult and developmental literatures. In both, there are comparative arguments regarding rates of forgetting. Children are assumed to forget autobiographical memories more rapidly than adults, and younger children are assumed to forget more rapidly than older children. Yet few studies can directly inform these comparisons: few feature children and adults, and few prospectively track the survival of specific autobiographical memories over time. In a 4-year prospective study, we obtained autobiographical memories from children 4, 6, and 8 years, and adults. We tested recall of different subsets of the events after 1, 2, and 3 years. Accelerated rates of forgetting were apparent among all child groups relative to adults; within the child groups, 4- and 6-year-olds had accelerated forgetting relative to 8-year-olds. The differences were especially pronounced in open-ended recall. The thematic coherence of initial memory reports also was a significant predictor of the survival of specific memories. The pattern of findings is consistent with suggestions that the adult distribution of autobiographical memories is achieved as the quality of memory traces increases (here measured by thematic coherence) and the rate of forgetting decreases.
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- Patricia J Bauer
- a Department of Psychology , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- a Department of Psychology , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA
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Task characteristics are critical for the use of familiarity: An ERP study on episodic memory development in middle childhood. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Memory and the developing brain: are insights from cognitive neuroscience applicable to education? Curr Opin Behav Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Shing YL, Brehmer Y, Heekeren HR, Bäckman L, Lindenberger U. Neural activation patterns of successful episodic encoding: Reorganization during childhood, maintenance in old age. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2016; 20:59-69. [PMID: 27434313 PMCID: PMC6987717 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The two-component framework of episodic memory (EM) development posits that the contributions of medial temporal lobe (MTL) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) to successful encoding differ across the lifespan. To test the framework’s hypotheses, we compared subsequent memory effects (SME) of 10–12 year-old children, younger adults, and older adults using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Memory was probed by cued recall, and SME were defined as regional activation differences during encoding between subsequently correctly recalled versus omitted items. In MTL areas, children’s SME did not differ in magnitude from those of younger and older adults. In contrast, children’s SME in PFC were weaker than the corresponding SME in younger and older adults, in line with the hypothesis that PFC contributes less to successful encoding in childhood. Differences in SME between younger and older adults were negligible. The present results suggest that, among individuals with high memory functioning, the neural circuitry contributing to successful episodic encoding is reorganized from middle childhood to adulthood. Successful episodic encoding in later adulthood, however, is characterized by the ability to maintain the activation patterns that emerged in young adulthood.
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- Yee Lee Shing
- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany; Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, UK.
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- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany; Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Sweden; Otto Hahn Research Group on Associative Memory in Old Age, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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- Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Sweden
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- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany; European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy
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Menon V. Memory and cognitive control circuits in mathematical cognition and learning. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2016; 227:159-86. [PMID: 27339012 PMCID: PMC5811224 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2016.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Numerical cognition relies on interactions within and between multiple functional brain systems, including those subserving quantity processing, working memory, declarative memory, and cognitive control. This chapter describes recent advances in our understanding of memory and control circuits in mathematical cognition and learning. The working memory system involves multiple parietal-frontal circuits which create short-term representations that allow manipulation of discrete quantities over several seconds. In contrast, hippocampal-frontal circuits underlying the declarative memory system play an important role in formation of associative memories and binding of new and old information, leading to the formation of long-term memories that allow generalization beyond individual problem attributes. The flow of information across these systems is regulated by flexible cognitive control systems which facilitate the integration and manipulation of quantity and mnemonic information. The implications of recent research for formulating a more comprehensive systems neuroscience view of the neural basis of mathematical learning and knowledge acquisition in both children and adults are discussed.
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- V Menon
- Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA.
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Bauer PJ, Pathman T, Inman C, Campanella C, Hamann S. Neural correlates of autobiographical memory retrieval in children and adults. Memory 2016; 25:450-466. [PMID: 27224534 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2016.1186699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Autobiographical memory (AM) is a critically important form of memory for life events that undergoes substantial developmental changes from childhood to adulthood. Relatively little is known regarding the functional neural correlates of AM retrieval in children as assessed with fMRI, and how they may differ from adults. We investigated this question with 14 children ages 8-11 years and 14 adults ages 19-30 years, contrasting AM retrieval with semantic memory (SM) retrieval. During scanning, participants were cued by verbal prompts to retrieve previously selected recent AMs or to verify semantic properties of words. As predicted, both groups showed AM retrieval-related increased activation in regions implicated in prior studies, including bilateral hippocampus, and prefrontal, posterior cingulate, and parietal cortices. Adults showed greater activation in the hippocampal/parahippocampal region as well as prefrontal and parietal cortex, relative to children; age-related differences were most prominent in the first 8 sec versus the second 8 sec of AM retrieval and when AM retrieval was contrasted with semantic retrieval. This study is the first to characterise similarities and differences during AM retrieval in children and adults using fMRI.
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- Patricia J Bauer
- a Department of Psychology , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- b Department of Psychology , The University of North Carolina at Greensboro , Greensboro , NC , USA
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- a Department of Psychology , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- a Department of Psychology , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA
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Gómez RL, Edgin JO. The extended trajectory of hippocampal development: Implications for early memory development and disorder. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2016; 18:57-69. [PMID: 26437910 PMCID: PMC4808499 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Hippocampus has an extended developmental trajectory, with refinements occurring in the trisynaptic circuit until adolescence. While structural change should suggest a protracted course in behavior, some studies find evidence of precocious hippocampal development in the first postnatal year and continuity in memory processes beyond. However, a number of memory functions, including binding and relational inference, can be cortically supported. Evidence from the animal literature suggests that tasks often associated with hippocampus (visual paired comparison, binding of a visuomotor response) can be mediated by structures external to hippocampus. Thus, a complete examination of memory development will have to rule out cortex as a source of early memory competency. We propose that early memory must show properties associated with full function of the trisynaptic circuit to reflect "adult-like" memory function, mainly (1) rapid encoding of contextual details of overlapping patterns, and (2) retention of these details over sleep-dependent delays. A wealth of evidence suggests that these functions are not apparent until 18-24 months, with behavioral discontinuities reflecting shifts in the neural structures subserving memory beginning approximately at this point in development. We discuss the implications of these observations for theories of memory and for identifying and measuring memory function in populations with typical and atypical hippocampal function.
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Riggins T, Geng F, Blankenship SL, Redcay E. Hippocampal functional connectivity and episodic memory in early childhood. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2016; 19:58-69. [PMID: 26900967 PMCID: PMC4912925 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Episodic memory relies on a distributed network of brain regions, with the hippocampus playing a critical and irreplaceable role. Few studies have examined how changes in this network contribute to episodic memory development early in life. The present addressed this gap by examining relations between hippocampal functional connectivity and episodic memory in 4- and 6-year-old children (n = 40). Results revealed similar hippocampal functional connectivity between age groups, which included lateral temporal regions, precuneus, and multiple parietal and prefrontal regions, and functional specialization along the longitudinal axis. Despite these similarities, developmental differences were also observed. Specifically, 3 (of 4) regions within the hippocampal memory network were positively associated with episodic memory in 6-year-old children, but negatively associated with episodic memory in 4-year-old children. In contrast, all 3 regions outside the hippocampal memory network were negatively associated with episodic memory in older children, but positively associated with episodic memory in younger children. These interactions are interpreted within an interactive specialization framework and suggest the hippocampus becomes functionally integrated with cortical regions that are part of the hippocampal memory network in adults and functionally segregated from regions unrelated to memory in adults, both of which are associated with age-related improvements in episodic memory ability.
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- Tracy Riggins
- University of Maryland, College Park, United States.
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- University of Maryland, College Park, United States
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Dégeilh F, Eustache F, Guillery-Girard B. [Cognitive and brain development of memory from infancy to early adulthood]. Biol Aujourdhui 2016; 209:249-260. [PMID: 26820831 DOI: 10.1051/jbio/2015026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cognitive and brain development are closely linked from infancy to adulthood. The purpose of this article is to review the current state of knowledge on behavioral and brain substrates of memory development. First, we will review cognitive development of different memory systems, from procedural to autobiographical memory. We will discuss how the development of other cognitive functions (language, attention, executive functions and metamemory) participates in memory development. Second, we will describe how structural and functional changes in two core brain regions of memory, i.e. the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex, impact the protracted development of memory throughout childhood.
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- Fanny Dégeilh
- Inserm, U1077, Caen, France - Université de Caen Normandie, UMR-S1077, Caen, France - École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, UMR-S1077, Caen, France - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, U1077, Caen, France
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- Inserm, U1077, Caen, France - Université de Caen Normandie, UMR-S1077, Caen, France - École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, UMR-S1077, Caen, France - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, U1077, Caen, France
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- Inserm, U1077, Caen, France - Université de Caen Normandie, UMR-S1077, Caen, France - École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, UMR-S1077, Caen, France - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, U1077, Caen, France
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Sastre M, Wendelken C, Lee JK, Bunge SA, Ghetti S. Age- and performance-related differences in hippocampal contributions to episodic retrieval. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2016; 19:42-50. [PMID: 26875927 PMCID: PMC4932149 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Revised: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Age differences are found in hippocampal activity for source retrieval. Performance differences are found in hippocampal activity for source retrieval. 8- to 9-year-olds do not show performance-related differences in activity. In 10- to 11-year-olds, only high performers engaged hippocampus for source retrieval. High performing adults engage the hippocampal head selectively.
The goal of the present study was to investigate whether hippocampal contribution to episodic memory retrieval varies as a function of age (8–9 versus 10–11 versus adults), performance levels (high versus low) and hippocampal sub-region (head, body, tail). We examined fMRI data collected during episodic retrieval from a large sample (N = 126). Participants judged whether a stimulus had been encoded previously, and, if so, which of three scenes it had been paired with (i.e., source judgment). For 8- to 9-years-olds as well as low-performing 10- to 11-year-olds, hippocampal activations did not reliably differentiate between trials on which item-scene associations were correctly recalled (correct source), incorrectly recalled (incorrect source), or trials on which the item was forgotten (miss trials). For high-performing 10–11-year olds and low-performing adults, selective hippocampal activation was observed for correct source relative to incorrect source and miss trials; this effect was observed across the entire hippocampus. For high-performing adults, hippocampal activation also distinguished between correct and incorrect source trialsl, but only in the hippocampal head, suggesting that good performance in adults is associated with more focal hippocampal recruitment. Thus, both age and performance are important factors for understanding the development of memory and hippocampal function.
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DeMaster D, Coughlin C, Ghetti S. Retrieval flexibility and reinstatement in the developing hippocampus. Hippocampus 2015; 26:492-501. [PMID: 26418510 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Revised: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Episodic memory improves during childhood and this improvement has been associated with age differences in hippocampal function, but previous research has not manipulated the possible underlying mechanisms. We tested the hypothesis that age-related differences in hippocampal activation may reflect changes in retrieval flexibility. We expected these activation differences to be observed most prominently in the anterior hippocampus. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data were collected from children ages 8 and 10, and adults (N = 63) during an associative recognition task that required participants to recognize pairs of pictures which either appeared in the same location as during encoding (Same location), or in a flipped location, such that each picture switched their location with the other member of the pair (Flipped location). Recognition of same-location pairs placed lower demands on flexible retrieval compared to recognition of flipped-location pairs. Behaviorally, 8-year-olds exhibited the strongest correct recognition gains for same-location compared to flipped-location pairs, and females unexpectedly outperformed males across all ages. When we examined correct recognition, adults recruited the hippocampal head more strongly for flipped- versus same-location pairs compared to both groups of children; in contrast both adults and 10-year-olds recruited the hippocampal tail more strongly for flipped- versus same-location pairs compared to 8-year-olds. This pattern was stronger in the left hippocampus and for females. Moreover hippocampal discrimination between recognized and forgotten items in the same-location condition was stronger in 8-year-olds compared to adults, and was stronger in the flipped-location condition in adults compared to 8-year-olds; this pattern was stronger in the left hippocampus. Individual differences in this discrimination contrast for flipped-location trials in the head and body predicted performance on an index of creative thinking. Overall, these results lend new support to the idea that hippocampal development may reflect change in retrieval flexibility with implications for additional forms of flexible cognition.
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- Dana DeMaster
- Department of Psychology and, Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Psychology and, Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Psychology and, Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, California
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Riggins T, Blankenship SL, Mulligan E, Rice K, Redcay E. Developmental Differences in Relations Between Episodic Memory and Hippocampal Subregion Volume During Early Childhood. Child Dev 2015; 86:1710-8. [PMID: 26459750 PMCID: PMC5875696 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Episodic memory shows striking improvement during early childhood. However, neural contributions to these behavioral changes are not well understood. This study examined associations between episodic memory and volume of subregions (head, body, and tail) of the hippocampus-a structure known to support episodic memory in school-aged children and adults-during early childhood (n = 45). Results revealed significant positive relations between episodic memory and volume of the hippocampal head in both the left and right hemispheres for 6- but not 4-year-old children, suggesting brain-behavior relations vary across development. These findings add new information regarding neural mechanisms of change in memory development during early childhood and suggest that developmental differences in hippocampal subregions may contribute to age-related differences in episodic memory ability.
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Voss JL, O'Neil JT, Kharitonova M, Briggs-Gowan MJ, Wakschlag LS. Adolescent development of context-dependent stimulus-reward association memory and its neural correlates. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:581. [PMID: 26578926 PMCID: PMC4623208 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Expression of learned stimulus-reward associations based on context is essential for regulation of behavior to meet situational demands. Contextual regulation improves during development, although the developmental progression of relevant neural and cognitive processes is not fully specified. We therefore measured neural correlates of flexible, contextual expression of stimulus-reward associations in pre/early-adolescent children (ages 9-13 years) and young adults (ages 19-22 years). After reinforcement learning using standard parameters, a contextual reversal manipulation was used whereby contextual cues indicated that stimulus-reward associations were the same as previously reinforced for some trials (consistent trials) or were reversed on other trials (inconsistent trials). Subjects were thus required to respond according to original stimulus-reward associations vs. reversed associations based on trial-specific contextual cues. Children and young adults did not differ in reinforcement learning or in relevant functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) correlates. In contrast, adults outperformed children during contextual reversal, with better performance specifically for inconsistent trials. fMRI signals corresponding to this selective advantage included greater activity in lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC), hippocampus, and dorsal striatum for young adults relative to children. Flexible expression of stimulus-reward associations based on context thus improves via adolescent development, as does recruitment of brain regions involved in reward learning and contextual expression of memory. HighlightsEarly-adolescent children and young adults were equivalent in reinforcement learning.Adults outperformed children in contextual expression of stimulus-reward associations.Adult advantages correlated with increased activity of relevant brain regions.Specific neurocognitive developmental changes support better contextual regulation.
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- Joel L Voss
- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL, USA ; Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology and Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL, USA ; Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA
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Lee JK, Wendelken C, Bunge SA, Ghetti S. A Time and Place for Everything: Developmental Differences in the Building Blocks of Episodic Memory. Child Dev 2015; 87:194-210. [PMID: 26493950 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This research investigated whether episodic memory development can be explained by improvements in relational binding processes, involved in forming novel associations between events and the context in which they occurred. Memory for item-space, item-time, and item-item relations was assessed in an ethnically diverse sample of 151 children aged 7-11 years and 28 young adults. Item-space memory reached adult performance by 9½ years, whereas item-time and item-item memory improved into adulthood. In path analysis, item-space, but not item-time best explained item-item memory. Across age groups, relational binding related to source memory and performance on standardized memory assessments. In conclusion, relational binding development depends on relation type, but relational binding overall supports episodic memory development.
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Blankenship SL, Riggins T. Developmental differences in relations between parent-reported executive function and unitized and non-unitized memory representations during childhood. Front Psychol 2015; 6:1214. [PMID: 26347683 PMCID: PMC4541290 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Previous research has documented an association between executive functioning (EF) and memory for bound details. However, it is unknown if this relation varies as a function of the type of bound information (i.e., unitized versus non-unitized) and whether this association changes as a function of age during childhood, when both EF and memory undergo rapid development. The current study sought to address these gaps by examining whether relations between parent-reported EF differed for unitized versus non-unitized memory representations and if these relations differed between children who were 4, 6, or 8 years of age. Results revealed that EF was selectively associated with non-unitized associative memory in 8-year-old children; no significant relations between EF and either memory condition were evident in 4- or 6-year-olds. These results suggest relations between EF and memory may be specific to non-unitized representations and that this association may emerge across childhood as both EF and memory abilities develop.
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- Sarah L Blankenship
- Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA
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- Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA ; Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA
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Lorsbach TC, Friehe MJ, Teten AF, Reimer JF, Armendarez JJ. Controlled Retrieval of Specific Context Information in Children and Adults. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2015. [PMID: 26219173 DOI: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.128.1.0043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This study adapted a procedure used by Luo and Craik (2009) to examine whether developmental differences exist in the ability to use controlled retrieval processes to access the contextual details of memory representations. Participants from 3 age groups (mean ages 9, 12, and 25 years) were presented with words in 3 study contexts: with a black-and-white picture, with a color picture, or alone without a picture. Six recognition tests were then presented that varied in the demands (high or low) placed on the retrieval of specific contextual information. Each test consisted of a mixture of words that were old targets from 1 study context, distractors (i.e., previously studied words from a different context), and completely new words. A high-specificity and a low-specificity test list was paired with each test question, with high and low specificity being determined by the nature of the distractors used in a test list. High-specificity tests contained words that were studied in similar contexts: old targets (e.g., words studied with black-and-white pictures) and distractors (e.g., words studied with color pictures). In contrast, low-specificity tests contained words that were studied in dissimilar contexts: old targets (e.g., words studied with black-and-white pictures) and distractors (e.g., words previously studied without a picture). Relative to low-specificity tests, the retrieval conditions of high-specificity tests were assumed to place greater demands on the controlled access of specific contextual information. Analysis of recollection scores revealed that age differences were present on high-but not low-specificity tests, with the performance of 9-year-olds disproportionately affected by the retrieval demands of high-specificity tests.
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Chaddock-Heyman L, Hillman CH, Cohen NJ, Kramer AF. III. The importance of physical activity and aerobic fitness for cognitive control and memory in children. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev 2015; 79:25-50. [PMID: 25387414 DOI: 10.1111/mono.12129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In this chapter, we review literature that examines the association among physical activity, aerobic fitness, cognition, and the brain in elementary school children (ages 7-10 years). Specifically, physical activity and higher levels of aerobic fitness in children have been found to benefit brain structure, brain function, cognition, and school achievement. For example, higher fit children have larger brain volumes in the basal ganglia and hippocampus, which relate to superior performance on tasks of cognitive control and memory, respectively, when compared to their lower fit peers. Higher fit children also show superior brain function during tasks of cognitive control, better scores on tests of academic achievement, and higher performance on a real-world street crossing task, compared to lower fit and less active children. The cross-sectional findings are strengthened by a few randomized, controlled trials, which demonstrate that children randomly assigned to a physical activity intervention group show greater brain and cognitive benefits compared to a control group. Because these findings suggest that the developing brain is plastic and sensitive to lifestyle factors, we also discuss typical structural and functional brain maturation in children to provide context in which to interpret the effects of physical activity and aerobic fitness on the developing brain. This research is important because children are becoming increasingly sedentary, physically inactive, and unfit. An important goal of this review is to emphasize the importance of physical activity and aerobic fitness for the cognitive and brain health of today's youth.
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de Bie HMA, de Ruiter MB, Ouwendijk M, Oostrom KJ, Wilke M, Boersma M, Veltman DJ, Delemarre-van de Waal HA. Using fMRI to Investigate Memory in Young Children Born Small for Gestational Age. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129721. [PMID: 26132815 PMCID: PMC4488594 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Objectives Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) can lead to infants being born small for gestational age (SGA). SGA is associated with differences in brain anatomy and impaired cognition. We investigated learning and memory in children born SGA using neuropsychological testing and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Study Design 18 children born appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and 34 SGA born children (18 with and 16 without postnatal catch-up growth) participated in this study. All children were between 4 and 7 years old. Cognitive functioning was assessed by IQ and memory testing (Digit/Word Span and Location Learning). A newly developed fMRI picture encoding task was completed by all children in order to assess brain regions involved in memory processes. Results Neuropsychological testing demonstrated that SGA children had IQ’s within the normal range but lower than in AGA and poorer performances across measures of memory. Using fMRI, we observed memory related activity in posterior parahippocampal gyrus as well as the hippocampus proper. Additionally, activation was seen bilaterally in the prefrontal gyrus. Children born SGA showed less activation in the left parahippocampal region compared to AGA. Conclusions This is the first fMRI study demonstrating different brain activation patterns in 4-7 year old children born SGA, suggesting that intrauterine growth restriction continues to affect neural functioning in children later-on.
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- Henrica M. A. de Bie
- Department of Pediatrics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine and Experimental Pediatric Neuroimaging Neuroimaging Group, Children’s Hospital, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Bachevalier J. The development of hippocampal-dependent memory functions: Theoretical comments on Jabès and Nelson review (2015). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 2015; 39:310-314. [PMID: 26366027 PMCID: PMC4562770 DOI: 10.1177/0165025415573644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Studies investigating the development of memory processes and their neural substrates have flourished over the last two decades. The review by Jabès and Nelson (2015) adds an important piece to our understanding of the maturation of different elements and circuits within the hippocampal system and their association with the progressive development of hippocampal-dependent memory processes in humans. In this accompanying commentary, we explore some additional connections between the nonhuman primate work and the human data, and take the opportunity to highlight some common and additional interpretations of the results. This commentary makes three points: (1) the recognition processes present in the first few days of life may be linked to the early maturation of the medial temporal cortical areas instead of, or in addition to, the early maturation of the subiculum; (2) recent findings on the differential protracted maturation of spatial relational memory processes in monkeys further support the notion proposed by Jabès and Nelson that this protracted development may reflect progressive maturation of the CA1 field of the hippocampus followed by further maturation of CA3/dentate gyrus; (3) finally, further considerations of the differential maturation of the longitudinal hippocampal axis and of the diencephalon are proposed as additional contributors to the refinement of episodic memory functions during development.
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- Jocelyn Bachevalier
- Emory University - Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 954 Gatewood rd, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, United States
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Vannest J, Tenney JR, Gelineau-Morel R, Maloney T, Glauser TA. Cognitive and behavioral outcomes in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Epilepsy Behav 2015; 45:85-91. [PMID: 25775975 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.01.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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We review the evidence that BECTS may be associated with cognitive dysfunction and behavioral problems, the extent to which these problems may be associated with patterns of EEG abnormalities in BECTS, and the impact of antiepileptic medication on cognition and behavior in BECTS. A growing literature examining cognitive and behavioral outcomes suggests that children with BECTS perform below the level of their peers. Consistent with this, neuroimaging studies reveal that BECTS has an impact on structural and functional brain development, but the potential influence of frequency and lateralization of centrotemporal spikes (CTS) on cognition and behavior is not well understood. Treatment with AEDs is an option in BECTS, but existing studies have not clearly shown a clear relationship between elimination of CTS and improved cognitive or behavioral outcomes.
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van Ekert J, Wegman J, Janzen G. Neurocognitive development of memory for landmarks. Front Psychol 2015; 6:224. [PMID: 25798119 PMCID: PMC4351563 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The capacity to detect landmarks in the environment and to associate each landmark with its spatial context is a fundamental operation for navigation, especially when the context is relevant for successful navigation. Recent evidence suggests robust age-related improvements in contextual memory. The current study investigated the effect of spatial context on landmark recognition memory in children and adolescents. Participants, ages 8-18, watched a video depicting a route through a virtual environment. The location at which landmarks occurred was manipulated to test the hypothesis that memory processes vary as a function of context. Functional magnetic resonance imaging data was acquired while participants performed an old-new recognition memory test of the landmarks. Old compared to new landmarks recruited a network of regions including the hippocampus and the inferior/middle frontal gyrus in all participants. Developmental differences were observed in the functional organization of the parahippocampal gyrus and the anterior cingulate cortex, such that memory representations strengthened linearly with age only when the associated spatial context was relevant for navigation. These results support the view that medial temporal lobe regions become increasingly specialized with development; these changes may be responsible for the development of successful navigation strategies.
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- Janneke van Ekert
- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Darby KP, Sloutsky VM. The cost of learning: interference effects in memory development. J Exp Psychol Gen 2015; 144:410-31. [PMID: 25688907 DOI: 10.1037/xge0000051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Learning often affects future learning and memory for previously learned information by exerting either facilitation or interference effects. Several theoretical accounts of interference effects have been proposed, each making different developmental predictions. This research examines interference effects across development, with the goal of better understanding mechanisms of interference and of memory development. Preschool-aged children and adults participated in a 3-phased associative learning paradigm containing stimuli that were either unique or repeated across phases. Both age groups demonstrated interference effects, but only for repeated items. Whereas proactive interference effects were comparable across age groups, retroactive interference reached catastrophic-like levels in children. Additionally, retroactive interference increased in adults when contextual differences between phases were minimized (Experiment 2), and decreased in adults who were more successful at encoding repeated pairs of stimuli during a training phase (Experiment 3). These results are discussed with respect to theories of memory and memory development.
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Riggins T, Rollins L. Developmental differences in memory during early childhood: insights from event-related potentials. Child Dev 2015; 86:889-902. [PMID: 25677124 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Age-related differences in behavioral and electrophysiological indices of memory were examined in 3- to 6-year-old children (N = 76). Behaviorally, no differences were observed in children's ability to identify old items; however, 3-year-old children were less accurate in correctly rejecting new items, and 3- and 4-year-old children recalled fewer contextual details compared to 5- and 6-year-old children. Age-related differences in electrophysiological measures (800-1,000 ms after stimulus onset) were observed both to items recalled with contextual details, which increased between 3 and 4 years, and items recalled without contextual details, which were greatest in 5-year-old children, even after adjusting for global age-related differences. These findings, interpreted within a dual-process framework, may suggest changes in both recollection and familiarity processes during early childhood.
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Blankenship TL, Bell MA. Frontotemporal Coherence and Executive Functions Contribute to Episodic Memory During Middle Childhood. Dev Neuropsychol 2015; 40:430-44. [PMID: 27043829 PMCID: PMC4894647 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2016.1153099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Contributions of differential behavioral (executive functions) and electrophysiological (frontal-temporal electroencephalogram or EEG coherence) measures to episodic memory performance were examined during middle childhood. Cognitive flexibility and right frontotemporal functional connectivity during encoding (F4/T8), as well as left frontotemporal functional connectivity during retrieval (Fp1/T7), contributed to episodic memory performance in a sample of 9-12-year-olds. These results suggest that executive functions differentially influence episodic memory, as does left and right frontotemporal functional connectivity during different portions of the memory task.
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- a Department of Psychology , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , Virginia
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Rajan V, Bell MA. Developmental changes in fact and source recall: contributions from executive function and brain electrical activity. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2014; 12:1-11. [PMID: 25459873 PMCID: PMC4385478 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Revised: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Fact recall improved between 6 and 8 years, whereas source recall was comparable. Executive function uniquely predicted source recall, controlling for age and language. Task-related increases in theta power were observed for fact and source recall. Executive processes support memory for context. Theta synchronization reflects retrieval-related processes in middle childhood.
Source memory involves recollecting the contextual details surrounding a memory episode. When source information is bound together, it makes a memory episodic in nature. Unfortunately, very little is known about the factors that contribute to its formation in early development. This study examined the development of source memory in middle childhood. Measures of executive function were examined as potential sources of variation in fact and source recall. Continuous electroencephalogram (EEG) measures were collected during baseline and fact and source retrieval in order to examine memory-related changes in EEG power. Six and 8-year-old children were taught 10 novel facts from two different sources and recall for fact and source information was later tested. Older children were better on fact recall, but both ages were comparable on source recall. However, source recall performance was poor at both ages, suggesting that this ability continues to develop beyond middle childhood. Regression analyses revealed that executive function uniquely predicted variance in source recall performance. Task-related increases in theta power were observed at frontal, temporal and parietal electrode sites during fact and source retrieval. This investigation contributes to our understanding of age-related differences in source memory processing in middle childhood.
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Wang WC, Dew ITZ, Cabeza R. Age-related differences in medial temporal lobe involvement during conceptual fluency. Brain Res 2014; 1612:48-58. [PMID: 25305568 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.09.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2014] [Revised: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Not all memory processes are equally affected by aging. A widely accepted hypothesis is that older adults rely more on familiarity-based processing, typically linked with the perirhinal cortex (PRC), in the context of impaired recollection, linked with the hippocampus (HC). However, according to the dedifferentiation hypothesis, healthy aging reduces the specialization of MTL memory subregions so that they may mediate different memory processes than in young adults. Using fMRI, we tested this possibility using a conceptual fluency manipulation known to induce familiarity-related PRC activity. The study yielded two main findings. First, although fluency equivalently affected PRC in both young (18-28; N=14) and older (62-80; N=15) adults, it also uniquely affected HC activity in older adults. Second, the fluency manipulation reduced functional connectivity between HC and PRC in young adults, but it increased it in older adults. Taken together, the results suggest that aging may result in reduced specialization of the HC for recollection, such that the HC may be recruited when fluency increases familiarity-based responding. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI: Memory & Aging.
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- Wei-Chun Wang
- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708, United States.
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- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708, United States
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- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708, United States
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von Allmen DY, Wurmitzer K, Klaver P. Hippocampal and posterior parietal contributions to developmental increases in visual short-term memory capacity. Cortex 2014; 59:95-102. [PMID: 25151641 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Dumontheil I. Development of abstract thinking during childhood and adolescence: the role of rostrolateral prefrontal cortex. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2014; 10:57-76. [PMID: 25173960 PMCID: PMC6987955 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Revised: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Rostral prefrontal cortex (RPFC) supports self-generated, abstract thought processing. Flexibly attending towards and processing abstract thoughts develop in adolescence. RPFC activation becomes more specific to relational integration during development. Prospective memory development remains to be further studied using neuroimaging. Training of abstract thinking, e.g. reasoning, may have implication for education.
Rostral prefrontal cortex (RPFC) has increased in size and changed in terms of its cellular organisation during primate evolution. In parallel emerged the ability to detach oneself from the immediate environment to process abstract thoughts and solve problems and to understand other individuals’ thoughts and intentions. Rostrolateral prefrontal cortex (RLPFC) is thought to play an important role in supporting the integration of abstract, often self-generated, thoughts. Thoughts can be temporally abstract and relate to long term goals, or past or future events, or relationally abstract and focus on the relationships between representations rather than simple stimulus features. Behavioural studies have provided evidence of a prolonged development of the cognitive functions associated with RLPFC, in particular logical and relational reasoning, but also episodic memory retrieval and prospective memory. Functional and structural neuroimaging studies provide further support for a prolonged development of RLPFC during adolescence, with some evidence of increased specialisation of RLPFC activation for relational integration and aspects of episodic memory retrieval. Topics for future research will be discussed, such as the role of medial RPFC in processing abstract thoughts in the social domain, the possibility of training abstract thinking in the domain of reasoning, and links to education.
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- Iroise Dumontheil
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, UK; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK.
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