Content-specific source encoding in the human medial temporal lobe.

@article{Awipi2008ContentspecificSE,
  title={Content-specific source encoding in the human medial temporal lobe.},
  author={Tarimotimi Awipi and Lila Davachi},
  journal={Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition},
  year={2008},
  volume={34 4},
  pages={
          769-79
        }
}
  • T. Awipi, L. Davachi
  • Published 1 July 2008
  • Psychology, Biology
  • Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition
Although the medial temporal lobe (MTL) is known to be essential for episodic encoding, the contributions of individual MTL subregions remain unclear. Data from recognition memory studies have provided evidence that the hippocampus supports relational encoding important for later episodic recollection, whereas the perirhinal cortex has been linked with encoding that supports later item familiarity. However, extant data also strongly implicate the perirhinal cortex in object processing and… 
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